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[00:00:00] that we have a lot of supporting
[00:00:02] actually. Hello everybody. I'm here. I
[00:00:03] made it. Uh we had some uh technical uh
[00:00:06] challenges. No, my home studio is not
[00:00:08] bombed uh this uh these tonight. Uh
[00:00:12] hello everybody. Tonight's a very
[00:00:14] serious evening. Um I first just want to
[00:00:17] say um we have to regardless of your
[00:00:20] opinion of this operation, which I do
[00:00:21] want to hear about. Uh this operation
[00:00:23] was done seamlessly. Uh, and you better
[00:00:25] believe the military capacity, the
[00:00:27] military might of the US military was on
[00:00:29] full display for the world to see. Uh,
[00:00:31] this is an operation that really only
[00:00:33] the US military can handle. And not even
[00:00:35] the Russian military would be able to do
[00:00:36] something like this. And we and I I got
[00:00:38] to be honest, like we do not even know
[00:00:40] what happened until it announced. Now, I
[00:00:41] had my phone off because of Shabbat, but
[00:00:43] now that I'm looking back at text, I was
[00:00:45] getting a little Everything really big
[00:00:46] happens on Shabbat. Like the Trump
[00:00:48] assassin, the other Trump assassination.
[00:00:50] No, no, exactly. Don't get me started.
[00:00:52] So it's like and so I was getting some I
[00:00:55] I like three three hours ahead of time I
[00:00:58] was starting to get some like hey game
[00:01:00] on but I didn't know because my phone
[00:01:02] was off and I have no regrets. So, first
[00:01:04] of all, only the US military would have
[00:01:06] been able to pull this off. And
[00:01:08] honestly, you know, we've kind of been
[00:01:09] there's been some dumerism about the US
[00:01:11] military, like, oh, it's super weak.
[00:01:13] It's super woke. Well, actually, at the
[00:01:14] top levels for top level sophistication,
[00:01:16] like operations like this, we still, for
[00:01:18] the most part, if it really matters if
[00:01:21] it's like you have to fly the bomber
[00:01:24] that drops the bunker buster or you have
[00:01:26] to be the special forces who rescue the
[00:01:28] president when he's kidnapped, those
[00:01:30] guys are pretty good. Yes. And that's
[00:01:31] it's not great to have only those guys
[00:01:33] be the absolute best if that's what's
[00:01:35] happening. But and God bless these
[00:01:36] pilots. This is a very difficult
[00:01:37] operation and and they crushed it. And
[00:01:40] so now to the um and it's not not at all
[00:01:42] to an easy assignment. So I I sent out a
[00:01:45] couple tweets and this is this is my
[00:01:46] personal perspective on this and the
[00:01:48] president's going to be going live in
[00:01:49] about 20 minutes because his address is
[00:01:51] going to matter a lot. This is going to
[00:01:51] be one of the most important
[00:01:53] presidential addresses of the last 10
[00:01:54] years and definitely one of the most, if
[00:01:57] not the most important prime time
[00:01:59] presidential address um in President
[00:02:01] Trump's uh um career. President Donald
[00:02:04] Trump has been clear for 20 years that
[00:02:06] Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. For
[00:02:09] 20 years, he has said that Iran will not
[00:02:11] get a nuclear weapon. Now, for some
[00:02:13] people that are criticizing President
[00:02:15] Trump, your criticisms would have more
[00:02:17] potency if President Trump did not try
[00:02:19] to have a diplomatic solution
[00:02:21] beforehand. There was a 60-day
[00:02:23] diplomatic window. And Iran was just
[00:02:25] playing games. They were just going
[00:02:27] wishy and washy. I don't know if you
[00:02:28] want that. And President Trump said,
[00:02:31] "Look, on day 61, you're not going to
[00:02:32] like what happens." President Trump let
[00:02:35] Israel off the leash. And Israel did
[00:02:38] what Israel did. And President Donald
[00:02:40] Trump, he was very very patient. He had
[00:02:42] a lot of restraint. Now understand this
[00:02:44] is not this is not yet a settled issue
[00:02:47] at all because some people are still
[00:02:49] calling for regime change. Oh, go for
[00:02:51] the head of the snake. President Donald
[00:02:52] Trump has actually said we are we are
[00:02:55] not going to do that. We are not going
[00:02:56] to do regime change. And for those of
[00:02:58] you just tuning in right now, I do want
[00:03:00] to hear from the audience. Can you email
[00:03:02] me right now freedom charlark.com?
[00:03:05] Did you vote for President Trump? Number
[00:03:07] one. And number two, do you support this
[00:03:09] operation tonight? I'm curious. I want
[00:03:11] to hear from you. Freedomcharlkirk.com.
[00:03:14] We're going to get probably 10,000
[00:03:15] emails in the next couple minutes.
[00:03:17] Freedom charliekirk.com. I have my email
[00:03:19] inbox up here and I'm going to read
[00:03:21] them. And so it is very tempting and
[00:03:25] very easy to do armchair quarterbacking
[00:03:28] in an operation like this. Oh, he should
[00:03:30] have done this. He's like, spare me. He
[00:03:33] had the weight of the world on his
[00:03:34] shoulders. Now understand how it is
[00:03:36] presented. If Iran were to get a nuclear
[00:03:39] weapon and proliferate nuclear
[00:03:41] technology, it would the chances of them
[00:03:44] using it is one thing, but it changes
[00:03:46] how seriously you must take that nation
[00:03:48] immediately. Like we have to take
[00:03:50] Pakistan a lot more seriously just
[00:03:53] because they developed the nuclear
[00:03:54] weapon. So here you have a terrorist
[00:03:56] state that potentially have a nuclear
[00:03:58] weapon. And when Trump speaks, you
[00:04:01] should absolutely listen. President
[00:04:04] Donald Trump in November of 2011 said,
[00:04:06] quote, "Iran's quest for nuclear weapons
[00:04:09] is a major threat to our nation's
[00:04:12] national security interests. We can't
[00:04:14] allow Iran to go nuclear." Period. Now,
[00:04:19] the tweet that I sent that has gone very
[00:04:21] viral, I'm going to read for you right
[00:04:23] on air, and it's very simple. And and
[00:04:26] no, by the way, no one should be I don't
[00:04:27] like the I think that we have a very
[00:04:29] moderate, very America first perspective
[00:04:31] here. And let me tell you kind of the
[00:04:32] two different camps that I can't stand
[00:04:34] online right now. Number one is the
[00:04:36] rejoicing. People that are just overly
[00:04:38] celebrating. No, no, no. Guys, got to
[00:04:40] have humility with this. These things
[00:04:41] can escalate. Americans can die.
[00:04:43] Simultaneously, the people that are just
[00:04:44] doomer doomerism. Oh, this is World War
[00:04:46] II, guys. Come on. No, no, no, no.
[00:04:48] Sometimes in life, there's more than
[00:04:49] just a sloppy binary. And especially in
[00:04:52] this situation, you must have a lot of
[00:04:54] heaviness and say, "Okay, first of all,
[00:04:58] great for the American troops."
[00:05:00] President Trump had the weight of the
[00:05:02] world on his shoulders sitting in the
[00:05:04] Oval Office looking at two separate
[00:05:05] options and he made the choice with
[00:05:08] prudence and decisiveness and
[00:05:10] practicality and he saw this as a threat
[00:05:12] to United States national interests.
[00:05:14] Here was my tweet. Iran gave President
[00:05:16] Trump no choice. For a decade he has
[00:05:18] been adamant that Iran will never get a
[00:05:20] nuclear weapon. Iran has decided to
[00:05:22] forego diplomacy in pursuit of a bomb.
[00:05:24] This is a surgical strike operated
[00:05:26] perfectly. President Trump acted with
[00:05:28] prudence and decisiveness. Now,
[00:05:30] additionally, there was another um
[00:05:33] there's another let's actually read
[00:05:35] President Trump's truth social, which by
[00:05:37] the way is the first we heard of it.
[00:05:38] This is how amazing these B2 bombers
[00:05:40] are. None of the Iranian no one even
[00:05:42] knew. Like there were there was I think
[00:05:44] when like Israel launched their their
[00:05:45] initial strikes, there was like people
[00:05:47] in Lebanon being like, "Oh yeah, I see
[00:05:49] the planes there's planes are flying
[00:05:51] overhead." This was just like, "Okay, 90
[00:05:53] minutes later." And by the way, we're
[00:05:55] live on Real America's voice. We have
[00:05:56] 47,000 on YouTube. We're live on on
[00:05:58] Rumble. I want to hear from you. Freedom
[00:05:59] charliekirk.com.
[00:06:01] Do you support what America did tonight?
[00:06:04] Freedom at charliekirk.com. I'm going to
[00:06:06] read the emails in a second here. And so
[00:06:08] here's what Donald Trump said. It was
[00:06:10] the truth social herd around the world.
[00:06:13] And the truth social herd around the
[00:06:14] world is this. We have completed our
[00:06:16] very successful attack on three nuclear
[00:06:17] sites in Iran, including Ford, Natans,
[00:06:20] and Estafan. All planes are now outside
[00:06:22] of Iranian airspace. And our payloads of
[00:06:24] bombs was dropped on the primary site.
[00:06:26] Bombs all capitalized. By the way, all
[00:06:29] planes are safely on their way home.
[00:06:30] Congratulations to our great American
[00:06:32] warriors. There is not another military
[00:06:33] in the world that could have done this.
[00:06:35] Now is the time for peace. Thank you for
[00:06:37] your attention to this matter. He always
[00:06:39] says that. I love that. Now, and by the
[00:06:42] way, the the
[00:06:45] President Trump doing this, he's also
[00:06:47] had another one following up saying that
[00:06:50] Iran better not respond. So now really
[00:06:52] all eyes are on Iran at this point. Iran
[00:06:55] has a lot of options. I have heard
[00:06:57] estimates from people in the intel world
[00:07:00] that there could be upwards of a
[00:07:01] thousand sleeper cells here in America.
[00:07:03] Could be again that could be
[00:07:06] fear-mongering. That could be BS. It
[00:07:08] could be zero. It could be a hundred.
[00:07:09] But we don't know because Joe Biden had
[00:07:11] a wide open border. And that by the way
[00:07:14] that President Trump had to factor that
[00:07:15] into his decision. In some ways you're
[00:07:17] almost kind of pinned up against a wall
[00:07:19] when you do something like this. like,
[00:07:21] hey, if you bomb Fordo, all of a sudden
[00:07:24] Joe Biden's open border invaders might
[00:07:25] come after you. Number two, right now
[00:07:28] the prayers need to go for the American
[00:07:30] troops that are on in US bases within
[00:07:34] Iranian ballistic missile proximity. Can
[00:07:37] we put up a map there, Blake? There
[00:07:38] definitely is one in Qatar. So, the
[00:07:41] Qatar air base is uh outside of Doha.
[00:07:45] It's in the middle of the desert. So,
[00:07:47] Qatar is one of the smallest of the Gulf
[00:07:49] States. You can actually see Qatar right
[00:07:51] there on the southern part of your map.
[00:07:53] It's right between the Persian Gulf.
[00:07:54] From the northern pomost point of Qatar
[00:07:57] to Iran, it's only like what is that
[00:07:59] Blake? 100 m 250 miles maybe I'm
[00:08:02] approximating. So the American Air Force
[00:08:04] base is very very remote. That is a
[00:08:07] juicy potential target for Iran. Now
[00:08:10] Iran actually has a warmer relationship
[00:08:13] with Qatar than they do Saudi Arabia. So
[00:08:15] that would be potentially a very risky
[00:08:17] thing. Now remember though this is a
[00:08:19] very important component when Donald
[00:08:22] Trump took out Solommani in 2020 Iran
[00:08:26] did try to kill American troops. It was
[00:08:28] not just performative. In fact I was
[00:08:30] talking to a highlevel guy in the US
[00:08:32] government last night. And he says
[00:08:35] Charlie you might not remember when we
[00:08:37] took out Solommani
[00:08:39] as soon as we took out Sani all the
[00:08:40] bases are on high alert. So here's how
[00:08:42] this works. All the bases go on high
[00:08:43] alert right now. They have all the
[00:08:45] planes fully literally they have engines
[00:08:48] running. They have cars ready to go. You
[00:08:51] could tell when a ballistic missile is
[00:08:52] taking off. And because of our
[00:08:54] technology, we could tell within a
[00:08:56] couple of miles where that ballistic
[00:08:57] missile is going to go. So we're we have
[00:08:59] right now full radar capacity all over
[00:09:02] Iran. As soon as a ballistic missile
[00:09:04] starts go ballistic missiles have to go
[00:09:05] up and they go down, right? They're
[00:09:07] different than they're different than um
[00:09:10] what javelins, right? Where they're can
[00:09:12] they can kind of go a little bit more
[00:09:13] horizontal. These go up, they they go
[00:09:15] down. As soon as we have a vague idea
[00:09:17] that there might be a ballistic missile
[00:09:19] launch near Qatar, one of our bases,
[00:09:22] there will be an evacuation order. Now,
[00:09:25] understand when they struck one of our
[00:09:27] bases in Iraq in 2020 after we took out
[00:09:30] Kasam Solommani, they literally hit a
[00:09:33] tent that a lot of service members would
[00:09:35] be sleeping in. They hit their target
[00:09:37] and they killed how many troops? Zero.
[00:09:39] Because our military was properly
[00:09:41] prepared. So the prayer right now is if
[00:09:44] Iran tries to go after one of our
[00:09:47] military bases that all of this
[00:09:49] preparation ends up kind of coming to
[00:09:52] fruition. So what does that mean? That
[00:09:54] means that they're going to be able to
[00:09:55] go into bunkers. Now, by the way, some
[00:09:56] of the troops got concussions, but they
[00:09:58] didn't die. And these bases are on the
[00:10:00] highest level alert. Now, there are
[00:10:02] Patriot defensive missile systems as
[00:10:04] well that could be launched and
[00:10:06] intercept um partially ballistic
[00:10:08] missiles. Blake, you want to try? I just
[00:10:09] want to we have an image up there that
[00:10:11] we uh got off uh Council of Foreign
[00:10:13] Relations. So this is US military
[00:10:15] presence in the Middle East basically as
[00:10:17] of right now. They keep this pretty
[00:10:18] regularly updated. Uh any of those red
[00:10:21] dots you can see uh are active US
[00:10:24] controlled bases. There's a bunch of
[00:10:26] them in Kuwait. We have I think 13,000
[00:10:28] troops in Kuwait. That is 100 I bet at
[00:10:32] the closest those bases are maybe a 100
[00:10:34] miles from Iran. Blink of an eye. big
[00:10:37] legacy obviously from the Iraq war uh
[00:10:40] both Iraq wars then yeah as you
[00:10:42] mentioned that air base in Qatar that's
[00:10:43] a very large one uh we also have a base
[00:10:46] in Bahrain we have a base in UAE and any
[00:10:48] of these orange dots are places that
[00:10:50] have some kind of US military presence
[00:10:52] so we have some troops in Saudi Arabia
[00:10:54] we still have troops in Iraq we have uh
[00:10:56] we have troops in southeastern Syria we
[00:10:58] have troops in Jordan we have guys all
[00:11:00] over the place we also have uh naval
[00:11:02] vessels we have the Carl Vincson carrier
[00:11:05] we have the uh Nimttz carrier I believe
[00:11:07] was on the way from the Indian Ocean. Uh
[00:11:09] and those can be vulnerable too. Uh Iran
[00:11:11] has uh a naval force that is actually
[00:11:15] designed for the level
[00:11:18] like the huge gap between Iran's
[00:11:20] capabilities and our own. Uh they have a
[00:11:22] lot of motorboats. They have guys who
[00:11:25] can frankly do suicide attacks on our
[00:11:27] ships. So if they decide to go very
[00:11:29] aggressive, you might see something
[00:11:30] where sleeper I know that you might roll
[00:11:32] your some people roll their eyes at
[00:11:33] sleeper cells, but let's just put it
[00:11:35] this way. Forget sleeper cell. What if
[00:11:36] there's just a sympathetic Iranian, like
[00:11:38] a sympathetic Muhammadan that's here?
[00:11:40] Yeah. You know, potentially that might
[00:11:42] radicals who what if a guy just gets
[00:11:44] angry and he goes and he rents a U-Haul
[00:11:46] truck and he drives it through a Fourth
[00:11:48] of July celebration. Those are happening
[00:11:50] in a couple weeks. So, I mean, so and so
[00:11:52] again, I'm not here to fearmonger. I'm
[00:11:53] just looking, we're going through here
[00:11:55] just factual threat analysis. Now, we're
[00:11:57] getting tons of emails freedom
[00:11:58] charliekirk.com. And based on the chat,
[00:12:00] my team is saying it's about 50/50. Let
[00:12:03] me tell you where I stand. And you guys
[00:12:05] know, and by the way, one day I'll tell
[00:12:06] you everything I did this week. Blake
[00:12:09] knows. But all I can say is that my
[00:12:12] position privately has been my position
[00:12:14] publicly. I trust President Trump and
[00:12:17] I've been very consistent. But I have
[00:12:19] and still do know that when you enter
[00:12:22] situations like this, they can escalate.
[00:12:24] I've always been against a nuclear
[00:12:25] weapon. No one wants a nuclear weapon.
[00:12:26] If you want Iran to have a nuclear
[00:12:27] weapon, that's a completely irrational
[00:12:29] position. I I I have no time for that.
[00:12:31] Okay. The more the more important
[00:12:34] question though and and we're going to
[00:12:35] see okay did this actually take out
[00:12:38] Iran's nuclear program completely we
[00:12:40] don't know did it delay did it buy us
[00:12:43] time we that that that is that is a
[00:12:46] situation that is kind of unclear it's a
[00:12:50] little bit murky number two though and I
[00:12:52] think this is a very important component
[00:12:53] which is how many Americans might get
[00:12:56] caught in the crosshairs in response and
[00:12:59] we should pray that that number is zero
[00:13:01] we should pray that that number is zero.
[00:13:02] And then number three, which I think is
[00:13:05] critical and that I've kind of been
[00:13:06] insistent about, is can we make sure
[00:13:08] that this does not now go up an
[00:13:11] escalatory ladder. Can we just say in,
[00:13:13] out, and done? President Trump's truth
[00:13:16] social was basically a foreshadowing
[00:13:18] like he wants us to be like Solomony. I
[00:13:21] take your guy out, you go launch some
[00:13:23] missiles, we're done. Now, here's where
[00:13:26] it might get very hairy. And this is
[00:13:27] where for those of you at home should
[00:13:28] pray and we should keep a close eye on
[00:13:29] this. Boy, this all might happen right
[00:13:31] now. There might be Iranian response
[00:13:33] tonight. We got President Trump speaking
[00:13:34] in 15 minutes because President Trump
[00:13:36] said if you even lay a finger on a US
[00:13:38] service member, they're going to have
[00:13:40] problems. If they take out a US service
[00:13:42] member and then President Trump responds
[00:13:44] with more, you know, more bombs, that
[00:13:46] could end up being an an escalation. My
[00:13:49] my premise has been this.
[00:13:52] Is it going to be effective? Iran claims
[00:13:54] they got all the Iranian out. I think
[00:13:56] they're just a bunch of liars. Okay. I
[00:13:57] mean, I we we don't know, right? I mean,
[00:14:00] we're gonna we're going to trust Iran's,
[00:14:01] you know, that sounds like a major call.
[00:14:03] They said a lot of things in the last
[00:14:04] two weeks. By the way, I mean, first of
[00:14:06] all, can we just can we just say whether
[00:14:08] you're for or against this, the Iranian
[00:14:10] social media game is the worst in the
[00:14:13] history of the digital world. Tonight,
[00:14:16] this is AI slop. So, right, I'm going to
[00:14:18] throw to Andrew. Tonight, there will be
[00:14:20] something that will be heard for
[00:14:21] centuries to come.
[00:14:24] Really? What? like, okay, they they
[00:14:26] launched some missiles like, okay, for
[00:14:28] centuries to come, I mean, just give me
[00:14:29] a break. So, and so the the final point
[00:14:33] on this, and again, I've been very very
[00:14:35] consistent both privately and publicly
[00:14:37] in all of my advocacy and my commentary.
[00:14:39] My thing was this. Exhaust every
[00:14:41] possible option before this because
[00:14:43] again, I don't like the people that are
[00:14:44] rejoicing. Got to be, you should not
[00:14:46] enter into situations like war with
[00:14:48] pride. Can we guys can we get shock and
[00:14:50] awe? Can we get the the the night we
[00:14:52] went into Iraq shocking on news reports
[00:14:54] because we thought, "Oh my goodness,
[00:14:56] it's all the way." When we drop bombs,
[00:14:58] it should be done with heaviness. It
[00:15:00] should be done with humility. I'm not
[00:15:02] saying we never should. I'm not a dove.
[00:15:04] I'm not an isolationist. None. No one
[00:15:06] watching this program, I think, has that
[00:15:07] opinion. But when you do it, you should
[00:15:09] not get a thrill up your leg like Chris
[00:15:12] Matthews when you're listening to Barack
[00:15:13] Obama. It it should not give you some
[00:15:16] sort of ex, you know, some sort of deep
[00:15:18] excitement. Let me put it that way.
[00:15:20] Andrew, before I throw it to you here,
[00:15:22] what is the chatter like online,
[00:15:24] especially amongst some of the MAGA
[00:15:26] online folks? Um, like the MAGA youth
[00:15:29] folks, where is the sentiment? Where is
[00:15:32] the chatter, Andrew?
[00:15:34] Yeah, I mean, there's some dumerism,
[00:15:35] Charlie, uh, saying, you know, Trump's
[00:15:37] lost 80% of his base. Uh, this is a
[00:15:40] betrayal. You know, see, this is this is
[00:15:43] always how it's going to go. I
[00:15:45] completely disagree with that uh
[00:15:47] sentiment. I think there's a lot of
[00:15:48] people that are very online. I think I
[00:15:51] totally agreeing the doomer is there's
[00:15:53] Yeah. And I would also say X has become
[00:15:55] kind of a bot riddled place right now. I
[00:15:58] Musk is aware of it and there's there's
[00:16:00] a lot of reports that are suggesting
[00:16:02] that the bots are trying to sew division
[00:16:04] in MAGA. I want to give you credit
[00:16:06] Charlie. You have um you have been
[00:16:08] steadfast even at times when I would
[00:16:11] waver or when Blake would throw out
[00:16:13] contrarian positions. you have been
[00:16:14] steadfast um and uh you have succeeded
[00:16:18] in in frustrating both sides. Uh
[00:16:21] remaining true to to your beliefs that
[00:16:24] that we should not rush into this um
[00:16:26] with some sort of zeal or a fevered uh
[00:16:30] you know you know desire for war and
[00:16:33] just drop bombs. Some of our friends
[00:16:36] haven't Yeah. Some of our friends
[00:16:37] haven't understood it. Um, a lot of our
[00:16:40] enemies have doubted uh your position
[00:16:43] and I just want to say it's been it's
[00:16:45] been consistent and sincere and um you
[00:16:48] you've had the president's back in spite
[00:16:50] of that and uh I want to give you a hat
[00:16:51] tip because uh you don't get enough
[00:16:53] credit for that, Charlie. Well, it's
[00:16:54] been a thank you. It means a lot. And
[00:16:57] it's been a unusual week because I've
[00:17:00] had friends in different camps annoyed.
[00:17:02] And it seems that everyone that isn't
[00:17:05] like either no intervention or like
[00:17:07] hyperintervention actually has been very
[00:17:09] appreciative. And by the way, the show
[00:17:10] is doing better than ever as a result.
[00:17:12] People seem that are very I think fair
[00:17:15] and nuanced and take measuring in the
[00:17:18] complexities has been um you know very
[00:17:21] uh very wellreceived. That's very kind
[00:17:23] Andrew. Thank you. And by the way, so
[00:17:25] tonight my take is very simple. We trust
[00:17:27] the commander-in-chief and his judgment.
[00:17:30] We there we don't know all the
[00:17:31] intelligence that was in front of him.
[00:17:33] Now, by the way, there has to be there
[00:17:35] has to also be an understanding that for
[00:17:39] those of you that are like overly
[00:17:40] celebratory, I just want to try to
[00:17:42] humble you. You don't know how tonight
[00:17:44] is going to end. You might say, "Tonight
[00:17:46] is an awesome night." It it is in some
[00:17:48] ways so far, but we don't know how
[00:17:50] tonight's Can we get some of the B-roll
[00:17:51] here? Basically, I mean, Fordo looks
[00:17:53] like Mordor. I mean, it's just Can we
[00:17:56] get some of that B-roll up on screen?
[00:17:57] Yeah, they had some of Isvahan. Let's
[00:17:59] play the Isvahan B-roll that we had.
[00:18:01] Yep. And uh Trump is speaking in 10
[00:18:02] minutes, by the way. So, in 10 minutes,
[00:18:04] we're going to take that live. And by
[00:18:06] the way, I'm I'm texting with all the
[00:18:08] guys in the admin right now trying to
[00:18:09] get a pulse. I'm, you know, texting with
[00:18:11] all the the main uh all the main
[00:18:13] decision makers and stakeholders. We're
[00:18:14] going to get Jack Bobic on here in a
[00:18:16] second. And so the
[00:18:21] the the situation as and and that that's
[00:18:24] where we're seeing right now. We just
[00:18:26] want to make sure all that is real
[00:18:27] B-roll by the way as we're playing it.
[00:18:29] Um so it says it looks very odd or I
[00:18:32] don't think we have sound. It looks
[00:18:34] strange. So it looks I mean I don't
[00:18:35] know. So
[00:18:38] what happens next? Here's the best case
[00:18:42] scenario. The best case scenario
[00:18:46] is
[00:18:48] that on July 4th, everyone forgets about
[00:18:50] this. It kind of just goes into our
[00:18:52] memory. Uh there is no real um there is
[00:18:57] no real stickiness. There is really no
[00:18:59] permanency to all of this and you know
[00:19:02] we get to say okay we move on. Iran has
[00:19:04] been completely derailed. a kind of
[00:19:07] worst case scenario is that this
[00:19:08] escalates and that it forces our hand in
[00:19:11] a situation that we might not like. But
[00:19:13] Iran, they're they're playing with fire
[00:19:16] here. If Iran decides to get engaged and
[00:19:20] gets involved, boy, um that will be uh
[00:19:24] that will not be a good decision for
[00:19:26] them. Can we get Netanyahu's speech
[00:19:27] here? Uh Netanyahu has said, quote,
[00:19:29] "Congratulations, President Trump." I do
[00:19:31] want to hear from you also though in the
[00:19:34] audience,
[00:19:35] supportive, not supportive, and also do
[00:19:38] you remain pro-Israel? I I am curious.
[00:19:41] Has this changed your opinion at all of
[00:19:44] pro of whether or not you are in favor
[00:19:45] of Israel? Freedom charliekirk.com. I'm
[00:19:48] reading all the emails live. Um I'm
[00:19:50] scanning through them. Freedom
[00:19:51] charlark.com. So let's first go here.
[00:19:53] This is actually a very important map.
[00:19:55] This is in um they say Farsy. That's the
[00:19:57] speech, the the the dialect in Iran. So,
[00:20:01] this is uh Iranian state TV displaying a
[00:20:04] map of US military bases in the Middle
[00:20:06] East promising retaliation. So, these
[00:20:08] are a lot of sitting ducks, but
[00:20:10] understand they're sitting ducks, but as
[00:20:12] soon as they know that there's going to
[00:20:13] be a launch, airplanes will get up in
[00:20:14] the air. Back when they did this with
[00:20:16] the Iraqi uh retaliation, when they went
[00:20:19] after a Iraqi base, they were literally
[00:20:23] voom voom voom voom. There were 15
[00:20:25] planes that got up in the air and they
[00:20:27] they literally circled in the air Blake
[00:20:29] until the ballistic missiles hit and
[00:20:31] they actually hit where the planes were.
[00:20:32] Now the most important and trickiest
[00:20:34] part was where do you land the planes?
[00:20:38] And so there were some close calls
[00:20:39] actually. So they were they were
[00:20:41] circling 15 planes were circling. They
[00:20:43] hit the runways because they were going
[00:20:44] after all these guys the ballistic
[00:20:45] missiles were and so they had to go find
[00:20:47] runways that were long enough to be able
[00:20:48] to land like F-16s. An untold amazing
[00:20:52] story of the response of the Solommani.
[00:20:54] Here's Iranian state TV. Mr. Trump, you
[00:20:57] started it and we will end it. Look how
[00:20:59] many military bases there are within
[00:21:01] ballistic missile range. Play cut 252.
[00:21:07] Oh. Oh, it's just B-roll. Okay. So, uh,
[00:21:10] the US has committed, let me uh a war a
[00:21:13] crime against Iran by violating Iran's
[00:21:16] airspace and has no place in the West
[00:21:20] Asian region. the president of the
[00:21:23] United States. You started it and we
[00:21:25] will finish it. Okay, great. Until Okay,
[00:21:29] great. These guys are a lot of talk, by
[00:21:30] the way. I I They've been nothing but
[00:21:33] talk since Israel has bombed them.
[00:21:35] Blake, I I just want to flag we got this
[00:21:36] uh donation on Rumble from uh Sir Ian
[00:21:39] Nokai. Uh but he says he is messaging
[00:21:42] with people close to where the bombs
[00:21:44] dropped. Don't know if this is true, but
[00:21:46] he's saying it. Even though scary, they
[00:21:48] are happy America dropped the bombs. He
[00:21:51] says 80% of of Iran, I assume, don't
[00:21:54] support the current regime, love
[00:21:55] America, and want peace. I think we
[00:21:59] would all be very happy if that's true.
[00:22:02] I would caution. I think it's very easy
[00:22:04] for people to believe this cuz who are
[00:22:05] the Iranians you're most likely to have
[00:22:07] contact with? It's going to be the
[00:22:09] people who are most open to the West,
[00:22:12] most pro-western, probably the most
[00:22:13] urbanized. This is a country of 92
[00:22:15] million people. And I think you can
[00:22:17] easily imagine that, say, when you're
[00:22:18] talking about America. Imagine someone
[00:22:20] who's like, "Well, I live in I live in
[00:22:23] Brooklyn and you know, everyone I know
[00:22:24] hates Trump. Trump has a 0% approval
[00:22:27] rating. There there's no people who like
[00:22:28] Trump." Yeah, okay. Go, you know, go to
[00:22:31] rural Ohio, go to the Dakotas, go to
[00:22:33] Montana. Iran has its equivalent of all
[00:22:36] those places. So, I'd say the emails are
[00:22:38] about 50/50 right now. Support and
[00:22:40] oppose. Now, if you email me freedom
[00:22:42] charlark.com, I want to hear from you.
[00:22:45] Please include your age.
[00:22:47] Please include your age. I'm curious
[00:22:49] what if the age has any determining
[00:22:51] factor of whether you support or oppose
[00:22:53] this. And you might say, Charlie, do you
[00:22:55] support or oppose this? I support
[00:22:57] President Trump. That's my answer. I
[00:22:59] know the man. He's the
[00:23:00] commander-in-chief. He's the man for the
[00:23:01] hour and he's had the weight of the
[00:23:03] world on his shoulders. So, in a
[00:23:05] situation like this, I support my friend
[00:23:08] and he's had my back and I have his.
[00:23:10] That that's my it's my perspective. By
[00:23:12] the way, I also look at this and I say
[00:23:15] and I understand the arguments of people
[00:23:16] that, you know, oh, don't intervene and
[00:23:17] all that. I get it. But boy, have we not
[00:23:20] exhausted so many diplomatic channels
[00:23:22] and and options. Here is Netanyahu 261
[00:23:26] uh praising and congratulating President
[00:23:29] Trump. Play cut 261. Congratulations,
[00:23:32] President Trump. Your bold decision to
[00:23:36] target Iran's nuclear facilities with
[00:23:38] the awesome and righteous might of the
[00:23:40] United States will change history. In
[00:23:44] Operation Rising Line, Israel has done
[00:23:46] truly amazing things. But in tonight's
[00:23:49] action against Iran's nuclear
[00:23:51] facilities, America has been truly
[00:23:55] unsurpassed.
[00:23:56] It has done what no other country on
[00:23:59] Earth could do. History will record that
[00:24:03] President Trump acted to deny the
[00:24:05] world's most dangerous regime the
[00:24:08] world's most dangerous weapons. His
[00:24:11] leadership today has created a pivot of
[00:24:13] history that can help lead the Middle
[00:24:16] East and beyond to a future of
[00:24:18] prosperity and peace.
[00:24:21] President Trump and I often say peace
[00:24:24] through strength.
[00:24:26] First comes strength, then comes peace.
[00:24:29] And tonight, President Trump and the
[00:24:31] United States acted with a lot of
[00:24:34] strength.
[00:24:35] President Trump, I thank you. The people
[00:24:39] of Israel, thank you. The forces of
[00:24:41] civilization, thank you. God bless
[00:24:44] America. God bless Israel. And may God
[00:24:47] bless our unshakable alliance, our
[00:24:50] unbreakable faith.
[00:24:52] So, uh, interesting wardrobe choice, the
[00:24:54] red tie. If you search If you search
[00:24:56] Vivy's speech, he almost always wears a
[00:24:58] blue tie that matches the Israeli flag,
[00:25:00] of course. No, he did he did wear red
[00:25:02] tie when he met with President Trump in
[00:25:03] the cabinet room at one time. So, maybe
[00:25:06] maybe I'm reading too much into it. And
[00:25:08] so, uh, by the way, we are about 180
[00:25:10] seconds out from the scheduled start of
[00:25:12] President Trump's speech, uh, that he
[00:25:14] will be giving here. Uh, by the way, let
[00:25:17] me just say, I'm going to be listening
[00:25:19] to every word, every syllable, and
[00:25:21] you're going to want to tune in here
[00:25:22] right when President Trump is done
[00:25:24] because we will be we can decode and
[00:25:27] kind of give you a little bit of an
[00:25:28] interpretation of what's going on, I
[00:25:30] think, better than anybody else cuz I
[00:25:32] mean, look, I've known the man for 10
[00:25:33] years and I've spent a lot of time with
[00:25:34] him. I just saw him this last week. And
[00:25:37] so
[00:25:39] this is going to be one of the most
[00:25:41] important,
[00:25:43] one of the most high stakes, one of the
[00:25:45] most pressure-filled, one of the most
[00:25:47] important speeches in President Trump's
[00:25:49] career. In fact, I could make an
[00:25:51] argument. This is one of the highest
[00:25:53] stakes foreign policy prime time
[00:25:55] addresses since Barack Obama addressing
[00:25:57] the nation when he took out Osama bin
[00:25:59] Laden. Do you remember where you were in
[00:26:00] that? I remember where I was. So, true
[00:26:01] story. I was in uh Greece on a study
[00:26:03] abroad. So, I was asleep when it
[00:26:05] happened. I remember watching it. It was
[00:26:07] uh it was big league stuff. And then I
[00:26:10] So, I since that address, Barack Obama
[00:26:12] addressing the the annihilation of Osama
[00:26:15] bin Laden, the whole country cheered. I
[00:26:17] think this is the largest um let's just
[00:26:19] say the biggest not largest, the biggest
[00:26:21] highest stakes moment uh of of foreign
[00:26:24] policy. The stakes are a lot higher. The
[00:26:26] stakes are by the way that was a Obama
[00:26:28] could just spike the football. Yeah. No,
[00:26:30] I'm saying but that was very that was
[00:26:31] very memorable, very historic. Now, it's
[00:26:33] going to be very interesting. Will
[00:26:35] President Trump do this from the oval?
[00:26:36] Will he do this from the East Room?
[00:26:38] Jack, I might cut you off at any time
[00:26:40] here. We have the legendary Jack Pobic
[00:26:42] here. Jack got right into the the chair.
[00:26:45] Jack, just from a military standpoint
[00:26:46] first, we have plenty of time to break
[00:26:48] apart um all of the politics here. Jack,
[00:26:51] what are you seeing and hearing?
[00:26:52] Phenomenal precision on behalf of the US
[00:26:54] military. And if I cut you off, it's
[00:26:56] because President Trump will go live,
[00:26:57] Jack. Well, Charlie, of course, and yes,
[00:26:59] we're all waiting to hear President
[00:27:00] Trump go live. uh does certainly seem
[00:27:02] like an incredible precision strike by
[00:27:05] the US military. And of course, Charlie,
[00:27:06] this is what those pilots trained for.
[00:27:08] This is what those military aircraft
[00:27:10] trained for every single day. The
[00:27:13] refueling capabilities, uh the
[00:27:15] operational security that was done here.
[00:27:17] Of course, this is in in many ways a a
[00:27:20] routine run, at least in terms of
[00:27:21] training, but also not routine in terms
[00:27:24] of the uh the target and in terms of the
[00:27:27] heightened politics and uh just entire
[00:27:30] tension in the entire region here. But
[00:27:32] of course, with the air defenses
[00:27:34] degraded, as we've been reporting all
[00:27:36] week uh with Iran, it seemed like a time
[00:27:38] that President Trump was able to make
[00:27:40] his decision. He did make his decision.
[00:27:42] And of course, the question has always
[00:27:45] about the safety of those pilots. Seems
[00:27:48] to have been a completely successful
[00:27:50] run. Uh, as far as myself, you know,
[00:27:53] one, as you know, with my intel officer
[00:27:54] hat on, want to really see what the
[00:27:56] exact battle damage assessment was. We
[00:27:59] knew that it would take more than one uh
[00:28:02] more than one of these bombs. We're told
[00:28:03] that it was six uh so far in the initial
[00:28:07] reports. And of course, we're also
[00:28:08] hearing about tomahawk missiles launched
[00:28:10] at a few other of the nuclear sites from
[00:28:13] uh from submarines within the region.
[00:28:15] So, you know, really want to hear what
[00:28:17] damage did this do? Did this completely
[00:28:20] take out Fordo? Does it need to be hit
[00:28:22] again? Uh what's what's really the
[00:28:24] situation on the ground? And of course,
[00:28:26] whether or not Iran responds is going to
[00:28:29] be the big question. NBC uh asked saying
[00:28:32] that President Trump is expected to
[00:28:34] address that very question because
[00:28:36] there's a lot of of troops that we have
[00:28:39] within the region that are certainly
[00:28:41] going to be on edge tonight, a lot of
[00:28:42] bases that are going to be on edge
[00:28:44] tonight. And for folks that are sitting
[00:28:45] out there, uh I think I think that they
[00:28:48] know those those folks that are in
[00:28:49] uniform, the men and women are uniform
[00:28:51] right now, they know that they have a
[00:28:52] commander-in-chief who absolutely has
[00:28:55] their back. They have a secretary of
[00:28:56] defense and Pete Hegsth who always puts
[00:28:59] the war fighter first and that's exactly
[00:29:02] who they are going to be listening to
[00:29:04] when they tune into the president's um
[00:29:06] words in just a few moments. So here
[00:29:07] here so by the way any moment here we
[00:29:09] might throw to President Trump at 7:01.
[00:29:12] I know the I know the White House very
[00:29:14] well. I said he's going to be late. My
[00:29:15] guess is
[00:29:18] I don't want to play any odds. I don't
[00:29:19] know. Tonight's a big night, but I I I
[00:29:20] don't think he's going to be sharp at
[00:29:21] seven. I think at least 10 to 15. He
[00:29:23] won't wait too long. He wants those
[00:29:24] ratings, too. And you know, at 11:30
[00:29:26] people start going to bed. I know, but
[00:29:27] this is big. This this is this is big.
[00:29:29] They got to make sure every word is
[00:29:30] correct. And so, um, by the way, the
[00:29:33] emails we're getting, freedom
[00:29:34] charliekirk.com, the younger you are,
[00:29:36] the emails we're getting, the more
[00:29:38] critical you are of this operation. The
[00:29:40] older you are, the more supportive. And
[00:29:42] so, that is playing out. Freedom
[00:29:43] charliekirk.com. Uh, and by the way, in
[00:29:46] our podcast all week, and you guys can
[00:29:48] subscribe to the Charlie Kirk show
[00:29:49] podcast, we're going to be covering this
[00:29:50] in great detail with unbelievable
[00:29:52] specificity. You guys can subscribe.
[00:29:53] We'll be doing a giveaway in a little
[00:29:54] bit by the way for everyone that
[00:29:56] subscribes that we've been talking about
[00:29:58] the age and generational difference that
[00:30:01] like over 40 you're more sympathetic
[00:30:03] under 40 not sympathetic. Guess what?
[00:30:06] I'm 31. I'm here to keep the coalition
[00:30:07] together. Guys, by the way, no dumerism.
[00:30:10] People say, "Oh, World War II, you know,
[00:30:11] Trump's limit is support." Now, guys,
[00:30:13] hold on. This is June of Trump's Forget
[00:30:16] My Thoughts. President Trump, one of mo
[00:30:18] most important addresses in American
[00:30:19] history. Let's watch. Thank you very
[00:30:21] much.
[00:30:23] A short time ago, the US military
[00:30:25] carried out massive precision strikes on
[00:30:28] the three key nuclear facilities in the
[00:30:32] Iranian regime. For Natants, and
[00:30:37] Esfahan,
[00:30:38] everybody heard those names for years as
[00:30:42] they built this horribly destructive
[00:30:45] enterprise. Our objective was the
[00:30:48] destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment
[00:30:51] capacity and a stop to the nuclear
[00:30:54] threat posed by the world's number one
[00:30:56] state sponsor of terror. Tonight, I can
[00:30:59] report to the world that the strikes
[00:31:01] were a spectacular
[00:31:04] military success.
[00:31:06] Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities
[00:31:08] have been completely and totally
[00:31:10] obliterated. Iran, the bully of the
[00:31:13] Middle East, must now make peace. If
[00:31:16] they do not, future attacks will be far
[00:31:18] greater and a lot easier. For 40 years,
[00:31:22] Iran has been saying, "Death to America,
[00:31:24] death to Israel." They have been killing
[00:31:27] our people, blowing off their arms,
[00:31:29] blowing off their legs with roadside
[00:31:31] bombs. That was their specialty. We lost
[00:31:35] over a thousand people and hundreds of
[00:31:37] thousands throughout the Middle East and
[00:31:40] around the world have died as a direct
[00:31:42] result of their hate. In particular, so
[00:31:44] many were killed by their general, Casm
[00:31:48] Solommani.
[00:31:50] I decided a long time ago that I would
[00:31:52] not let this happen. It will not
[00:31:55] continue. I want to thank and
[00:31:57] congratulate Prime Minister BB
[00:31:59] Netanyahu.
[00:32:01] We worked as a team like perhaps no team
[00:32:03] has ever worked before and we've gone a
[00:32:06] long way to erasing this horrible threat
[00:32:08] to Israel. I want to thank the Israeli
[00:32:12] military for the wonderful job they've
[00:32:14] done. And most importantly, I want to
[00:32:16] congratulate the great American patriots
[00:32:18] who flew those magnificent machines
[00:32:20] tonight and all of the United States
[00:32:23] military on an operation the likes of
[00:32:25] which the world has not seen in many,
[00:32:27] many decades.
[00:32:29] Hopefully, we will no longer need their
[00:32:31] services in this capacity. I hope that's
[00:32:34] so. I also want to congratulate the
[00:32:37] chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
[00:32:39] General Dan Raisen Kaine, spectacular
[00:32:42] general, and all of the brilliant
[00:32:44] military minds involved in this attack.
[00:32:47] With all of that being said, this cannot
[00:32:49] continue. There will be either peace or
[00:32:52] there will be tragedy for Iran, far
[00:32:54] greater than we have witnessed over the
[00:32:57] last eight days. Remember, there are
[00:33:00] many targets left.
[00:33:02] Tonight's was the most difficult of them
[00:33:04] all by far and perhaps the most lethal.
[00:33:08] But if peace does not come quickly, we
[00:33:10] will go after those other targets with
[00:33:13] precision, speed, and skill.
[00:33:17] Most of them can be taken out in a
[00:33:19] matter of minutes. There's no military
[00:33:21] in the world that could have done what
[00:33:23] we did tonight. Not even close. There
[00:33:26] has never been a military that could do
[00:33:28] what took place just a little while ago.
[00:33:31] Tomorrow, General Kaine, Secretary of
[00:33:34] Defense Pete Hexath will have a press
[00:33:37] conference at 8 a.m. at the Pentagon.
[00:33:39] And I want to just thank everybody and
[00:33:42] in particular, God, I want to just say
[00:33:46] we love you, God. And we love our great
[00:33:48] military. Protect them. God bless the
[00:33:52] Middle East. God bless Israel. and God
[00:33:54] bless America. Thank you very much.
[00:33:57] Thank you.
[00:34:01] Okay. Well, first of all, uh what a
[00:34:04] visual. You got JD Vance, you got Marco
[00:34:06] Rubio, you got Pete Hagath. What a
[00:34:08] difference between Tony Blinken and
[00:34:11] Lloyd Austin and Kla Harris and Joe
[00:34:12] Biden. So that that was very fast as I
[00:34:15] would expect. It was short. It was
[00:34:17] straight to the point. It was exactly
[00:34:20] what I would expect from President
[00:34:21] Trump. Now, we're getting the full
[00:34:22] transcript. We're going to replay some
[00:34:23] of the um some of the more details of
[00:34:27] the speech here. Look at that lineup
[00:34:28] right there. That's team America. You
[00:34:30] got JD Vance, you got Donald Trump,
[00:34:32] Marco Rubio, you got Pete Hex. And by
[00:34:34] the way, I am the most vocal person that
[00:34:36] says no endless wars. At the moment
[00:34:39] we're at in right now. This is not by
[00:34:41] any means yet showing that we're going
[00:34:43] to get into a whole another endless war.
[00:34:45] It can get there. You can always run the
[00:34:47] risk. That's always been my contention.
[00:34:49] But I have full faith in President Trump
[00:34:51] to navigate this. It might say, "Oh,
[00:34:53] Charlie, what evidence do you have to
[00:34:54] support that Donald Trump took out ISIS
[00:34:56] without getting us an endless war?"
[00:34:57] ISIS. Donald Trump bombed the Houthis
[00:34:59] without getting us into an endless war.
[00:35:01] Donald Trump took out Solommani without
[00:35:03] getting us into an endless war. Donald
[00:35:05] Trump moved the embassy to Jerusalem
[00:35:06] without getting us into an endless war.
[00:35:09] And so the elements and the details
[00:35:13] around this are Donald Trump decided to
[00:35:16] act with the authority given to him to
[00:35:18] go take out Iran's nuclear nuclear
[00:35:21] facility.
[00:35:23] I want to try to get to uh Jack here in
[00:35:25] a second, but first I want you guys to
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[00:35:50] Okay, Jack, your thoughts, Jack, on
[00:35:52] President Trump's address and this uh
[00:35:54] very important night.
[00:35:56] Well, Charlie, you know, and I'm looking
[00:35:58] at the transcript now. Uh, President
[00:36:00] Trump saying, "We've gone a long way in
[00:36:03] into eliminating this threat, saying
[00:36:05] that I decided a long time ago I would
[00:36:08] not let this happen. I will not let it
[00:36:11] continue." And it's true, Charlie, and
[00:36:12] and we've been highlighting online,
[00:36:14] you've been highlighting online as well,
[00:36:15] how President Trump's statements going
[00:36:17] back to the 1980s,
[00:36:19] uh, are directly targeting Iran and not
[00:36:22] allowing them to have a nuclear weapon,
[00:36:25] one way or the other. Now, of course,
[00:36:27] Steve Wickoff was pursuing the
[00:36:29] diplomatic route. President Trump has
[00:36:31] decided that that diplomatic route was
[00:36:34] not bearing fruit or certainly wasn't
[00:36:35] bearing fruit as quickly as he had hoped
[00:36:37] and that's why he authorized this
[00:36:39] strike. But President Trump has gone
[00:36:41] back even to day one when he came down
[00:36:44] the escalator and people of course
[00:36:46] focused more on his uh his statements
[00:36:49] about mass deportations and certainly we
[00:36:51] support that. And he also said though on
[00:36:54] that very same day, it was it was kind
[00:36:55] of overlooked, but he also said in that
[00:36:58] initial speech 10 years ago this week,
[00:37:00] 10 years ago this week, I'm looking at
[00:37:02] the date that uh that Iran cannot have a
[00:37:05] nuclear weapon. So 10 years ago, he made
[00:37:08] that promise to the American people on
[00:37:10] day one. And as of today, he is coming
[00:37:13] out and reporting that he has
[00:37:14] obliterated the nuclear weapons program
[00:37:16] of Iran. All right. So I now now I want
[00:37:18] to try to get into some of the politics
[00:37:19] here and break it into our team here. We
[00:37:21] got Blake, we have Andrew, we have Jack
[00:37:22] Basobic. Uh, and also you guys can
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[00:37:30] Uh, we will also
[00:37:42] talk about the politics here. Uh,
[00:37:44] Andrew, what are you looking at online?
[00:37:46] It seems as if people are getting ahead
[00:37:47] of themselves. There's people that are
[00:37:49] getting really fired up. Andrew, your
[00:37:51] thoughts? Yeah, Hakeim Jeff uh first Dem
[00:37:54] leader statement that I've seen. He's
[00:37:57] saying, "Donald Trump promised to bring
[00:37:58] peace to the Middle East. He has failed
[00:38:01] on that promise to risk the risk of war
[00:38:03] is now dramatically increased and I pray
[00:38:05] for the safety of our troops. President
[00:38:07] Trump misled the country. Uh blah blah
[00:38:10] blah." So, uh President Trump's enemies
[00:38:14] in Congress, Hakee Jeff, are pouncing.
[00:38:18] Democrats pounce. Charlie. Uh, notably
[00:38:21] we've seen John Federman uh is in
[00:38:23] support of the strikes and praised
[00:38:25] praised them pretty pretty quickly. Um,
[00:38:28] I I I think there's a lot of support
[00:38:30] that's consolidating around President
[00:38:31] Trump right now. A lot of people saying
[00:38:33] we trust him. Wait and see. That's
[00:38:35] that's basically the gist. There is some
[00:38:37] doomerism, you know, losing all of his
[00:38:39] base. What I'm seeing is it's less than
[00:38:42] I would have predicted. Um, and so I
[00:38:45] think that's a good sign that, and
[00:38:47] listen, I said this before you joined
[00:38:48] the stream, Charlie. I think President
[00:38:50] Trump is going to rally the base around
[00:38:52] him. I think President Trump has earned
[00:38:54] our support. If this gets drawn out and
[00:38:56] messy, obviously all options then
[00:38:59] become, you know, impossible. But I
[00:39:01] think President Trump is going to get
[00:39:03] the base around him. I think this press
[00:39:05] conference with Hegathth in the morning
[00:39:07] is going to be telling. I think that the
[00:39:09] messaging that we see out of the White
[00:39:10] House for the next week is going to be
[00:39:12] really important and they need to be on
[00:39:13] their game. Uh but you know, listen, we
[00:39:17] don't we didn't want this. Uh we didn't
[00:39:19] want war. We but but we trust the
[00:39:21] president and we we certainly don't want
[00:39:22] Iran to have nukes. So, um we're going
[00:39:26] to see how it plays out in the next
[00:39:27] couple days, Charlie. But I I I predict
[00:39:28] that the he's going to the base basis.
[00:39:32] Andrew, your internet's breaking up a
[00:39:33] little bit, but I I think we got the
[00:39:35] last part of that. And so, uh, now there
[00:39:38] there's some people that are doing super
[00:39:39] chats. Some are pretty hostile. Some
[00:39:41] some are definitely hostile. Let's I
[00:39:42] mean, look, we have to get the variety
[00:39:43] opinion here. I can read some of them.
[00:39:45] Yeah, read some of them. By the way,
[00:39:46] this not these are not Blake's opinions.
[00:39:47] These are opinions. So, I'm just going
[00:39:48] to read uh a lot of these are from
[00:39:50] YouTube. I I'll thank you. Uh, Blackest
[00:39:51] Panther says, "This is the same excuse
[00:39:53] they used to get us to invade Iraq."
[00:39:56] It's a reasonable argument. I think it's
[00:39:57] a little different. The nuclear program
[00:39:59] is at least real. 100% real. No one
[00:40:01] disputes it is real. the weapons of mass
[00:40:03] destruction were clearly I mean even
[00:40:05] Iran is like we got the uranium out not
[00:40:07] a thing with Iraq so we should at least
[00:40:09] acknowledge that and can I make other
[00:40:12] one one other differentiation like
[00:40:13] President Trump has said no ground
[00:40:14] troops Iraq was a purely ground like a
[00:40:16] majorly ground troop and so so far that
[00:40:18] hasn't happened and we would definitely
[00:40:19] all oppose that uh ASFX uh donated $10
[00:40:23] he says I thank God that Trump is
[00:40:25] supportive of the idea that people who
[00:40:27] chant death to America should not have
[00:40:30] nukes uh thank you for that Uh, let's
[00:40:33] see. Uh, Ricky, thank you for $5. I
[00:40:36] can't read yours cuz you have a swear
[00:40:38] word in it. And this is a familyfriendly
[00:40:40] broadcast. Uh, Debbie, thank you for
[00:40:42] $10. Mad Max. Uh, somewhere in the uh in
[00:40:48] whether you whatever location you
[00:40:50] believe he is right now. John McCain's
[00:40:52] ghost is laughing because Trump chose
[00:40:54] Israel first. That that is a take we're
[00:40:57] going to see. I think Trump is choosing
[00:40:59] America first. You can argue about what
[00:41:02] uh America First amounts to, but I think
[00:41:04] it's unfair to say he's just like doing
[00:41:06] someone else's bidding. Uh Vicky Burton
[00:41:09] just gave us $20. Thank you very much
[00:41:10] for that, Vicki. Uh and it's extremely
[00:41:13] difficult to scroll through YouTube, so
[00:41:15] uh I can't actually get to all of these.
[00:41:17] Uh overkill. Thank you for $2. He says
[00:41:20] Trump is the one who ripped up the
[00:41:22] nuclear deal. Uh that that's another
[00:41:24] perspective is we had the nuclear deal
[00:41:26] with Iran. Was it wise to get rid of
[00:41:28] that? Uh, again, different opinions on
[00:41:31] that. Some said Iran was breaking the
[00:41:33] deal. Some said it was just wasn't a
[00:41:35] very good deal in the first place and we
[00:41:37] gave Iran a ton of money in return for
[00:41:39] nothing. Wouldn't be the first time we
[00:41:41] gave a country a ton of money in return
[00:41:43] for nothing. So, that's a highly
[00:41:45] believable take. Uh, but again, thank
[00:41:47] you to everyone for your donations and I
[00:41:49] think Charlie wants to say something
[00:41:50] here. No, no, any others or no? Uh, I
[00:41:52] mean just there there a ton are just
[00:41:54] keep coming in now. Uh, Barbara Mets $5.
[00:41:57] Trump is a,000% for America. Uh RR $5.
[00:42:02] He says Israel dogwalked us into another
[00:42:04] conflict. There is no sugar coating
[00:42:06] this. Uh James Lawrence $5. US has been
[00:42:10] taken advantage of for too long. This
[00:42:12] move is more than just correcting Iran's
[00:42:15] mistakes. Full display. Actually, I'm
[00:42:16] not sure if that's pro or anti. Uh
[00:42:20] Drew Rajan, $20. Thank you. Uh, I worry
[00:42:24] that Trump, I believe, is destroying his
[00:42:26] bench. Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, Pete
[00:42:28] Hegsath, and Marco Rubio have lost their
[00:42:30] anti-war credibility. Who do we have
[00:42:33] left? If this escalates, Democrats have
[00:42:35] an easier 2028 victory. So, a wide
[00:42:39] spectrum of opinion that we're getting
[00:42:41] here. So, online, things are getting
[00:42:43] pretty hot. And look, I have been around
[00:42:45] this for 10 years. I've been in this
[00:42:47] space. And a general rule is when things
[00:42:51] get really hot and people get really
[00:42:52] excited, just take a deep breath cuz
[00:42:54] it's usually not as bad as you think it
[00:42:56] is. And no, this is not the end of the
[00:42:58] coalition and this is not the things are
[00:43:00] not falling apart. And look, the
[00:43:05] the track record of President Trump is
[00:43:07] phenomenal here, whether it be
[00:43:09] Solommani, Albagghdadi, the Houthis, and
[00:43:12] you can all share those concerns. I I
[00:43:14] share some of those concerns
[00:43:16] and a lot of what happens in the Middle
[00:43:19] East tends to escalate. President Trump
[00:43:21] has phenomenal instincts though. And
[00:43:23] President Trump also has a has a
[00:43:26] commitment
[00:43:28] to he doesn't want to invade Iran. He
[00:43:31] doesn't want to have a ground invasion.
[00:43:34] He also is not calling for regime
[00:43:36] change. Lindsey Graham, you hear that
[00:43:37] screaming? He's mad. Oh, no. We want
[00:43:40] regime change. I want to throw to uh
[00:43:42] back to Jack for a second, but I I don't
[00:43:44] think I was clear enough. The first 100
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[00:43:53] Jack, what are you seeing online? Is it
[00:43:57] dividing the MAGA faithful online? It's
[00:44:00] getting a little hot. I could say like
[00:44:01] that definitely there's a little been a
[00:44:03] little bit of a heat up here. Jack, just
[00:44:05] give us kind of like an analysis, not
[00:44:07] your own opinion, just give us an
[00:44:08] analysis of what's happening here.
[00:44:10] Yeah, Charlie, I'm uh I'm saying that
[00:44:13] I'm excuse me, I'm seeing that um that
[00:44:16] split that you're talking about um you
[00:44:19] know, some people saying some people are
[00:44:21] are totally supportive. Some people
[00:44:23] saying that 100% behind this that this
[00:44:26] was great. Other people and and by the
[00:44:28] way, you know, these are some some folks
[00:44:30] who are diehard MAG I'm talking about
[00:44:31] diehard MAGA faithfuls. I'm not talking
[00:44:33] about like the never Trumpers or some of
[00:44:35] these other buckets here. I'm talking
[00:44:36] about just people that I'm, you know,
[00:44:38] that I know have have always supported
[00:44:41] Trump. Um, you know, full support, you
[00:44:44] know, making fun of Obama. Some some of
[00:44:46] the memes are flying, you know, Obama
[00:44:48] crying and it says, "When Trump destroys
[00:44:50] the facilities you helped pay for."
[00:44:52] Okay, that that one's actually pretty
[00:44:53] funny. Um, but you know, but then you're
[00:44:56] also seeing a lot of people saying that,
[00:44:59] you know, you know, this is this is
[00:45:01] difficult. This is dangerous. Um, you
[00:45:04] know, it's it's going to be very, you
[00:45:06] know, the the response is going to the
[00:45:08] Iran's response is really going to
[00:45:10] dictate what comes next. Uh, a lot of
[00:45:12] folks saying, "Hey, can we can we focus
[00:45:14] now back on deporting illegal aliens and
[00:45:16] saying, "Look, you know, this foreign
[00:45:18] policy contest was seriously the biggest
[00:45:21] foreign policy uh test of President
[00:45:24] Trump going forward." And so, uh, and so
[00:45:29] now, can we get back to domestic policy?
[00:45:31] Um other people say you know a lot of
[00:45:34] people actually asking about what the
[00:45:36] you know what the actual sitrep is the
[00:45:38] tactical report strategic report what
[00:45:40] happened at the bases you're seeing a
[00:45:42] lot of interest in that you know we
[00:45:43] haven't seen you know a lot of released
[00:45:45] footage from the you know from this as
[00:45:48] well but a lot of Gen Z you know I got
[00:45:50] to say Charlie it echoes what I what
[00:45:51] you're saying in that that YouTube chat
[00:45:53] Gen Z very much saying why are we
[00:45:55] putting another country ahead of you
[00:45:58] ahead when we have problems here because
[00:46:00] you know Gen Z I I don't think they ran
[00:46:02] through, you know, they lived through
[00:46:03] the Iran hostage crisis. They didn't
[00:46:06] live through the war on terror. They
[00:46:07] didn't live through so many of these
[00:46:09] things that a lot of other people have
[00:46:11] been through. They've only lived
[00:46:12] through, you know, they lived through a
[00:46:13] world that's in the shadow of 9/11. You
[00:46:16] know, they probably don't even have any
[00:46:18] direct memories of 9/11 itself. And so,
[00:46:21] you know, you're seeing a lot of that
[00:46:22] backlash among Gen Z. Andrew, can you
[00:46:25] read some of uh Shawn Davis's tweets
[00:46:27] here? Uh very sharp commentary, please.
[00:46:30] Yeah.
[00:46:32] Yeah. Sean is somebody that we had on
[00:46:34] our show and I I hopefully Andrew, we
[00:46:36] got to fix your internet, man. It's not
[00:46:38] good enough. I'm sorry. So, all right.
[00:46:40] Fair enough. Uh, no, it's it's too
[00:46:41] choppy. Yeah, Blake. Uh, yeah. So, we
[00:46:43] have Sean and I'll acknowledge Andrew
[00:46:45] said these were his thoughts as well, so
[00:46:46] I want to get here. Uh, America is now
[00:46:50] in a very difficult and dangerous spot.
[00:46:52] Our next steps depend entirely on the
[00:46:55] response of a regime we were told is
[00:46:57] suicidal, insane, and an imminent threat
[00:47:00] to us and everyone else. That means we
[00:47:03] now have to pray those claims about them
[00:47:06] being suicidal and aggressive, which
[00:47:07] were used to justify our attacks, were
[00:47:10] wrong and that no retaliation occurs. A
[00:47:13] thing I don't hear a lot, this is now me
[00:47:14] talking, you know, like modern Iran, the
[00:47:17] reason Iran is Shia, it was founded by
[00:47:19] kind of a I don't know how else to
[00:47:22] describe like an apocalyptic uh Islamic
[00:47:24] movement. There was the founder of
[00:47:26] modern Iran claimed he was the madi
[00:47:29] who's kind of a a messianic figure in
[00:47:32] Islam that he is basically the uh the
[00:47:35] 12th imam returned who will kind of
[00:47:37] bring about the end of the world. And
[00:47:39] multiple Muslims since have claimed to
[00:47:41] be that figure, but like the founder of
[00:47:43] modern Iran claimed he was that and then
[00:47:45] he lost a big battle and he he really
[00:47:47] believed it and he I think he died an
[00:47:49] alcoholic basically as a result. But so
[00:47:51] yeah, you have you know their legacy is
[00:47:53] they have they follow a religion that
[00:47:55] kind of has a vision of what the end of
[00:47:58] the world will be like and it involves a
[00:47:59] messianic Islamic figure destroying the
[00:48:02] enemies of Islam. And we do have to
[00:48:04] worry like will they embrace this
[00:48:06] apocalyptic ideology in the face of US
[00:48:09] strikes or will they think okay things
[00:48:12] are getting a little too hot like let's
[00:48:14] take the hand that is offered to us and
[00:48:16] we can hope they do but I feel like
[00:48:18] America's offered them a hand quite a
[00:48:20] few times. President Trump signaled
[00:48:22] repeatedly I would like to not bomb you.
[00:48:25] Please do not make me bomb you. And now
[00:48:28] he decided he had to bomb them 100. And
[00:48:30] by the way that's that's the other part
[00:48:32] here everybody. I hope everyone in the
[00:48:33] audience is internalizing this. The
[00:48:35] people that say, "Oh, you know, I'm
[00:48:36] against the bombing." Which, by the way,
[00:48:37] totally respectable position. And if you
[00:48:39] have concerns, I get it. I share some of
[00:48:41] them. But if you're just inherently
[00:48:42] against this, let me just kind of press
[00:48:45] pause. Trump exhausted a diplomatic
[00:48:48] channel on multiple occasions and Iran
[00:48:51] was not interested in it. Why was Iran
[00:48:53] not interested? Because they really
[00:48:55] thought for whatever reason, President
[00:48:56] Trump was not he was not going to do
[00:48:59] this. Now, I also have to simultaneously
[00:49:02] caution everybody in the audience that
[00:49:03] is cheerleading the bombing of this
[00:49:07] facility,
[00:49:09] which is by no measure is this a death
[00:49:13] blow to the nuclear program. A nuclear
[00:49:16] program is a what a mindset. It's going
[00:49:18] to set them back significantly, maybe
[00:49:21] years. I mean, the the facilities are
[00:49:23] not child's play. The Persian people are
[00:49:26] very smart, though. What' you say,
[00:49:28] Andrew? It's a huge point, Charlie. I I
[00:49:31] just I I think that what you're saying
[00:49:33] is is spot on because this is the
[00:49:36] problem that we've been talking about.
[00:49:38] Can you actually stop the nuclear
[00:49:40] program without a regime change? And
[00:49:42] then and if you can't, then we're just
[00:49:44] getting deeper into regime change. And
[00:49:46] that's been the argument the whole time.
[00:49:48] I mean, you've got guys like um uh
[00:49:51] Bridge, right, that are saying that, you
[00:49:53] know, they're actually a rational actor.
[00:49:55] They posture, but they're a rational
[00:49:57] actor. So the this has been the the the
[00:50:00] the conflict that we've been struggling
[00:50:02] through because there's no good options
[00:50:04] in Iran. It's 92 million people that
[00:50:06] there are proud people, strong people.
[00:50:08] It is a mindset and I just I I totally
[00:50:11] agree with what the point you're making.
[00:50:12] Sorry. Sorry I chimed in. No, no, it's
[00:50:14] great. No, it's fine. I just So here So
[00:50:16] here is the Do you want the um bleeaker
[00:50:21] bearish view here? outside of Americans
[00:50:23] getting killed from an Iranian
[00:50:25] perspective, there is a reading here, I
[00:50:28] don't think it's likely, I'd probably
[00:50:29] give it a 30 to 40% chance that they are
[00:50:33] backed up against a wall and this
[00:50:35] becomes an internal rallying cry. The
[00:50:37] Ayatollah and his gang of crazy people
[00:50:39] stay in stay in power and they say, "Oh,
[00:50:42] America, you think you could take out
[00:50:44] our nuclear program? This is now
[00:50:46] priority number one. We're going to do
[00:50:48] it anyway. We're going to enrich
[00:50:50] uranium. If you bomb us, we'll
[00:50:52] reconfigure. If you bomb us, we'll
[00:50:54] reconfigure. There will be no stopping
[00:50:55] us. Now, if that is their attitude, that
[00:50:59] will force the Israelis hand to try to
[00:51:01] take out oil fields and take out
[00:51:03] electricity. But I just want everybody
[00:51:05] to understand a nuclear program is at
[00:51:07] its core a mindset. Now, yes, this is a
[00:51:11] timeline changer. What President Trump
[00:51:13] did tonight is a timeline disrupt
[00:51:15] disruption. However, can you guys get
[00:51:17] Tom Cotton? Tom Cotton was on Sean
[00:51:19] Hannity's program and Sean Hannity's
[00:51:20] program was really good about an hour
[00:51:22] ago and Tom Cotton said something that
[00:51:24] was just not right. He said something on
[00:51:26] Fox. He got a little bit too excited. Do
[00:51:28] you know what Tom Tom Cotton said? He
[00:51:30] said this has completely wiped out all
[00:51:33] of Iranians nuclear program. That is not
[00:51:36] correct. What it has is it knocked out
[00:51:38] their nuclear capability. So I'm going
[00:51:40] to educate you guys on something.
[00:51:41] There's two different words here and
[00:51:42] they matter. Nuclear program, nuclear
[00:51:45] capability. Those are not the same
[00:51:47] thing. So, one would be like, let's just
[00:51:49] use a football analogy. If you bomb a
[00:51:51] practice field, you've just bombed a
[00:51:53] football field's uh football capability,
[00:51:56] but they still have a football program.
[00:51:58] Yeah. They can adjust. A football team
[00:52:00] is the players. It's the coaches. It's
[00:52:03] the general knowledge. You know what a
[00:52:04] great example of this is? When the
[00:52:06] Marshall football team died in the plane
[00:52:08] crash. Yeah. Do you remember when the
[00:52:09] Marshall football team died in the plane
[00:52:10] crash back in like the 70s or 80s? The
[00:52:12] program actually was still alive. They
[00:52:14] decided to, you know, we're going to
[00:52:15] bring more people on there. It was a
[00:52:16] great movie. What's that movie called?
[00:52:17] We are Marshall. We are Marshall. And so
[00:52:20] we got to read a lot of these super
[00:52:21] chats, but I just want all of you guys
[00:52:22] to understand that this by the way this
[00:52:24] might have delivered just about a
[00:52:26] demoralizing death blow where the
[00:52:28] Mullers are like we're done. This is
[00:52:30] like we still all the we by the way they
[00:52:32] they they took 20 years building Fordo
[00:52:34] and a ton of money. Now here is the
[00:52:35] kicker and then let's get there. What is
[00:52:37] the most important ingredient everybody?
[00:52:39] The most important ingredient money. If
[00:52:43] Donald Trump keeps the heavy sanctions
[00:52:44] on, it's gonna be very hard for Iran to
[00:52:47] finance a nuclear capability. So, you
[00:52:50] got nuclear program, nuclear capability.
[00:52:53] Their capabilities have now been
[00:52:55] significantly neutered. Their program is
[00:52:57] still alive. Let's go to some super
[00:53:00] chats here. Uh Blake, great. Let's get
[00:53:02] some Sorry, I just want to get these
[00:53:04] because people pay for them, so we
[00:53:05] should acknowledge them. Let's get some
[00:53:06] ones on Rumble. Uh show gave $10 on
[00:53:09] Rumble. He said, "This is completely
[00:53:11] different. Trump hit them so hard they
[00:53:14] have to reconsider. This isn't like
[00:53:16] Obama with all of the reg in all of the
[00:53:18] regulations. I assume he meant sanctions
[00:53:20] there. Thank you, Shonek. Uh we have
[00:53:22] Casper Milto donated $20 on Rumble.
[00:53:25] Thank you for covering this. I am an
[00:53:27] active duty service member, age 36. I
[00:53:29] support this incursion. That's a very
[00:53:31] valid input. Uh N West 5150 donated $10.
[00:53:36] Trump recognized God's involvement. That
[00:53:39] is a strong foundation to start at. And
[00:53:42] uh our hirs 707 gave $5. I don't get
[00:53:46] what the big deal is. Trump should tell
[00:53:48] the media and Iran it was peaceful
[00:53:51] protests. Lol. And also uh Sir Ian Nokai
[00:53:56] who gave $100 early gave another $10 and
[00:53:58] said he's not pissed, he's not happy,
[00:54:00] he's playing wait and see and he trusts
[00:54:02] Trump. So thank you for that $10. Uh, do
[00:54:06] we want to have Jack say something and
[00:54:07] then I'll read all of the YouTube ones?
[00:54:09] Yes, please. Jack, uh, chime in here. By
[00:54:11] the way, everyone, just remember, uh,
[00:54:12] please subscribe to the Charlie Kirk
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[00:54:20] and we will pick a couple winners. Jack,
[00:54:22] what are we seeing? What are we hearing?
[00:54:22] What are your thoughts?
[00:54:27] Jack. Jack. Jack's frozen. All right,
[00:54:30] YouTube time. All right. Uh Mike uh
[00:54:33] Camoro gave $50 and said uh not quote
[00:54:38] not a Christian unless you support
[00:54:40] Israel says the quote Christians
[00:54:43] supporting wars based off of a Scoffield
[00:54:46] Bible not an actual Bible from a man I'm
[00:54:50] not even Is he talking about Ted Cruz
[00:54:52] here? What is this? Uh someone someone
[00:54:54] is very angry basically says it's not
[00:54:56] Christian to support this. I'm going to
[00:54:58] go do a whole podcast on the Scoffield
[00:54:59] Bible. This is like Reddit gone wrong. a
[00:55:01] total coke. Okay. You don't know what
[00:55:03] you think you know about the Scoffield
[00:55:05] Bible. Okay. Anyway, it's not a separate
[00:55:06] Bible for it's not. They're like, "Oh,
[00:55:09] it's it is what's called a it's it has
[00:55:12] it's like a study guide." Does that make
[00:55:14] sense? So, it's like it interprets
[00:55:15] passages. People think like it changed
[00:55:17] the Bible. Oh, man. No, it it is the
[00:55:19] Bible. Okay. Anyway, uh hash function 25
[00:55:22] gave $5 and he says, "We will force Iran
[00:55:25] to understand the gay disco." Oh boy,
[00:55:29] then they might want to surrender to
[00:55:30] avoid that one. Uh, Tristan gave $5 and
[00:55:33] said, "Christians who don't support
[00:55:34] Israel do not believe in God." John Galt
[00:55:37] gave us what I believe is 20 Australian
[00:55:39] dollars, which I think you can take and
[00:55:41] trade in at the bank for real dollars.
[00:55:43] Uh, and he said Israel was too excited
[00:55:45] to wait the two weeks. So, not only did
[00:55:47] they dictate the actions to DC, but also
[00:55:50] the timing. Where is American
[00:55:52] sovereignty in all of that? Uh, thank
[00:55:54] you for the donation. I think that is
[00:55:56] overstating it a bit, but that that's a
[00:55:59] take that we're seeing. Uh, beautiful,
[00:56:01] fully broken 625 gave $10. Do we think
[00:56:05] Putin knew this was coming? I suspect he
[00:56:08] had his reasons. And I want to
[00:56:10] acknowledge some people have said, you
[00:56:12] know, is Russia going to react very
[00:56:14] hostily to this? Will China react
[00:56:16] hostily to this? Both of those countries
[00:56:18] have a relationship with Iran. But I
[00:56:20] think a thing we've seen that's been
[00:56:21] pretty clear over the last week is no
[00:56:24] one outside Iran is really eager to die
[00:56:26] for Iran or start a huge fight over
[00:56:28] Iran. I think the most telling thing is
[00:56:30] Hezbollah, which is the closest thing
[00:56:31] they have to like a client of Iran.
[00:56:34] They're a Shiite militia. They've been
[00:56:36] directly under Iran. They've helped them
[00:56:38] in conflicts with Israel before. And
[00:56:40] once this started, they said, "We are
[00:56:42] not getting involved. We're not going to
[00:56:44] strike Israel over this. We are we are
[00:56:47] neutral in this one and I think everyone
[00:56:50] else has uh had kind of a similar
[00:56:52] reaction to that. Uh Mark Jackson gave
[00:56:55] $100. Thank you very much Mark. He says
[00:56:59] Gen X 1972 Florida born and bred. Trump
[00:57:03] is doing exactly what I voted for. Make
[00:57:05] America Americans and the world safe.
[00:57:09] Thank you very much. Mark uh Noi Reyes
[00:57:12] gave $10. He says, "Air superiority at
[00:57:15] its finest. USA, USA. Aim high, fly,
[00:57:20] fight, win." Tommy Bessinger, $20. Thank
[00:57:23] you very much. He just said, "Go Trump."
[00:57:25] And Julian Trajensen, $5. Thank you to
[00:57:29] our Lord God for protecting America,
[00:57:31] Israel, and our great President Donald
[00:57:34] J. Trump. Uh there's a bunch more. We
[00:57:37] apologize if we can't get to Oh, we got
[00:57:38] a whole bunch of them more here. David
[00:57:39] McGovern, $5. Not a fan of how Israel
[00:57:42] forced our hand, but fully support
[00:57:43] Trump. James Kaiser, $5. Appreciate you,
[00:57:46] Charlie and crew, for all the
[00:57:48] information. I'm 39. I am glad to see
[00:57:50] America become great again. Craig
[00:57:53] Kessleder, $5. Ready for $200 per barrel
[00:57:57] of oil, bro. Well, we we do make the
[00:58:00] most oil, so that'd be bad for the
[00:58:01] world. Maybe not bad for us. Superstar
[00:58:04] 2025, $20. Charlie is awesome. Thank you
[00:58:07] for inspiring our youth. Can we get a
[00:58:08] picture with you? Well, if you come I
[00:58:11] bet if they come to our events they
[00:58:12] could. Um, Alejandro Castro $10. Jerome
[00:58:16] Powell should cut them rates. Trump is
[00:58:18] not playing. Blake man, $5. Thank you,
[00:58:21] Charlie and Turning Point USA for all
[00:58:23] that you do. Oh no, Ryan just sent me a
[00:58:26] bunch more. Freed from Islam, $25. Can
[00:58:29] we also commend Heg Seth and everyone in
[00:58:31] the adman for not having a single le a
[00:58:34] single leak about this. Super
[00:58:36] impressive. That's right. after all the
[00:58:38] uh the signal gate or whatever all that
[00:58:40] nonsense. So, um let me just chime in
[00:58:42] here. Uh freedom charliekirk.com. We're
[00:58:43] getting lots of emails here. Support it.
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[00:58:52] If you have any concerns about this? Has
[00:58:56] President Trump not earned the benefit
[00:58:58] of the doubt here? That doesn't mean you
[00:58:59] have to agree with everything. That
[00:59:00] doesn't mean you have to agree with all
[00:59:01] the components here. But has President
[00:59:03] Trump not earned the benefit of the
[00:59:05] doubt at this moment after all that
[00:59:08] we've been through after all of um the
[00:59:12] components? Has this not have you not
[00:59:15] has Donald Trump not shown you and
[00:59:17] demonstrated that he is not for foreign
[00:59:19] war? Syria, ISIS here. Yeah. Like we've
[00:59:22] done multiple stricts. I was I was with
[00:59:25] I remember I I worked with Tucker at
[00:59:26] this time 2017. We had that Assad gassed
[00:59:30] his own people. we need to this crossed
[00:59:31] the red line. We've got to overthrow it.
[00:59:33] There was a lot of pressure on Trump to
[00:59:35] do a full regime change air campaign.
[00:59:37] And instead he said, "Okay, we've got to
[00:59:39] show we don't tolerate this." And so he
[00:59:42] did a limited missile strike and that
[00:59:44] was it. And then a couple years later
[00:59:46] they kind of whipped up, oh, we got to
[00:59:48] do regime change in Syria again. He did
[00:59:50] another wave of missiles and that was
[00:59:52] it. Solommani, he took out Solommani.
[00:59:55] There was some uh I think as you said,
[00:59:57] they fired uh they fired some rockets at
[00:59:59] our guys. I don't think anyone died, but
[01:00:01] you know, there was menacing gestures.
[01:00:03] Some people wanted us to escalate from
[01:00:05] that. Trump didn't. Summer 2019, they
[01:00:08] shot down one of our our robots in the
[01:00:10] Persian Gulf, and some people said,
[01:00:12] "This is an attack on America. We had to
[01:00:14] topple the Iranian government over
[01:00:15] this." And Trump shrugged and said, "No,
[01:00:18] we're not going to do that." So, and
[01:00:20] then of course ISIS, uh, you know, he
[01:00:23] went in, was decisive about it, but then
[01:00:25] totally dialed back. Afghanistan. Some
[01:00:28] people wanted to extend that war
[01:00:29] forever. He pursued getting US troops
[01:00:32] out, paving the way for a full
[01:00:33] withdrawal. And of course, Biden botched
[01:00:35] some many aspects of that. But I think
[01:00:37] we agree it's a good thing we don't have
[01:00:39] thousands of troops still getting shot
[01:00:41] at in Afghanistan. Trump has repeatedly
[01:00:44] shown he is not a fan of open-ended, no
[01:00:48] objective, long military campaigns. when
[01:00:51] he does use military force, he prefers
[01:00:53] it to be short in duration, pretty
[01:00:56] strong and decisive, and just go for
[01:00:59] your thing, shoot your shot, and get
[01:01:01] out. Yep. And obviously, there's hazards
[01:01:04] to this. This is definitely the biggest
[01:01:05] intervention we've done, but as you say,
[01:01:09] I think he's earned some trust from us.
[01:01:11] Also, uh breaking news, unrelated, uh
[01:01:14] but big. Uh Fred Smith, the head of CEO,
[01:01:17] um has passed away. uh CEO of FedEx. Oh
[01:01:21] yeah. So uh Fred Smith was a great guy.
[01:01:23] I've actually always wanted to meet him.
[01:01:25] Um so uh phenomenal phenomenal guy.
[01:01:28] Another one here. Uh $50 $499. No matter
[01:01:31] what you think, there's risk of people
[01:01:32] dying between both action and action.
[01:01:34] One might uh come sooner and than later.
[01:01:36] One might uh cause many more deaths by
[01:01:39] doing nothing. Okay. Uh do we have Jack
[01:01:41] or is Jack has Jacked dipped out? As you
[01:01:44] could say,
[01:01:46] they're doing air strikes on all of our
[01:01:47] internet capability. Maybe that's sleep.
[01:01:49] By the way, the the tech has just been
[01:01:51] so it's been so just messed up. Okay, so
[01:01:55] so let's get the the map up here. Can we
[01:01:57] do a map break here? Can we just kind of
[01:01:59] show the entire Can we get a a new one
[01:02:00] of the Middle East, a topographical one?
[01:02:03] Can we please? And also, let's get this
[01:02:05] these are the situation room pictures
[01:02:06] up. There's Marco Rubio, who is both NSC
[01:02:09] and Secretary of Defense. There's Raisin
[01:02:11] Kane, Susie Wilds. It's amazing. Susie
[01:02:13] Wilds, who's an amazing person. She goes
[01:02:14] from running campaigns to situations
[01:02:16] like that. It's just I just like how
[01:02:17] Susie Wilds so much less like it just
[01:02:19] felt like every chief of staff we had in
[01:02:21] the first term was this like major
[01:02:23] character and there was always this
[01:02:24] conflict. Susie Wilds is like there's
[01:02:27] not constant leaks involving her. We're
[01:02:29] not getting all these stories where like
[01:02:30] Susie Wilds is screaming at Trump or
[01:02:33] yelling at someone like that's what we
[01:02:35] got with Kelly like and then Kelly
[01:02:36] leaves and he starts trashing Trump
[01:02:38] afterwards.
[01:02:40] We're not getting constant drama from
[01:02:41] the chief of staff this time around.
[01:02:43] Totally. And let's get that uh map break
[01:02:46] of the Middle East here. Um, and by the
[01:02:49] way, I want to keep on hearing from you
[01:02:50] guys. Freedom at charliekirk.com if you
[01:02:51] are just t tuning in. Okay. So, can we
[01:02:53] get one of the entire Middle East, not
[01:02:55] just of Iran, but we'll start there. So,
[01:02:57] that that's a very big country, Blake.
[01:02:59] Very big. Right. So, we bombed several
[01:03:02] different sites there. What walk us
[01:03:05] through kind of where in Iran these
[01:03:07] sites were and what what does each one
[01:03:10] of the sites represent as the as the
[01:03:12] significance? Exactly. the the places we
[01:03:15] hit are basically about in the middle of
[01:03:18] Iran. If you sort of if you looked at it
[01:03:20] where it says like Zagros mountains and
[01:03:22] Albor's mountains kind of the the
[01:03:24] northernmost one is about where those
[01:03:25] two like words are meeting. That's the
[01:03:27] um the main one we hid for then there's
[01:03:30] another one Nans I think is what it was
[01:03:32] that's just maybe like 100 miles to the
[01:03:34] southeast and then Isvahan a little more
[01:03:36] to the southeast and that's that's the
[01:03:38] core of about where the people of Iran
[01:03:40] are. Iran is about 92 million people. Uh
[01:03:44] most of them live in the western half of
[01:03:46] the country. Uh it's very mountainous.
[01:03:48] It's very rugged, but you have these
[01:03:50] fertile valleys. Whereas the further
[01:03:52] east you or you go, you get into just
[01:03:54] the desert. Not a lot of people who live
[01:03:56] there. So kind of if you were in the
[01:03:58] bottom sort of the south, the southeast
[01:04:01] quadrant of the country, that's kind of
[01:04:04] Iran's equivalent of like out here.
[01:04:05] There's one or two cities and then not
[01:04:07] much else. Big desert. Uh but yeah, so
[01:04:11] you're kind of bombing a string of sites
[01:04:13] in the mountains where it's still pretty
[01:04:14] densely populated. 92 million people in
[01:04:16] an area uh about uh two and a half times
[01:04:19] the size of Texas. That's that's more
[01:04:21] densely populated than Texas actually.
[01:04:23] So lots of people there, pretty spread
[01:04:25] out. So you have a good way of thinking
[01:04:27] in a contrarian fashion. What do you
[01:04:29] have to say to people that say this is I
[01:04:31] didn't vote for this. This is an
[01:04:33] administration ender. This is the end of
[01:04:34] the coalition. I mean this is June of
[01:04:37] the first year.
[01:04:38] Blake, how would you respond to that?
[01:04:40] Yeah. So, I I can say that myself as
[01:04:42] someone who I I don't want a war with
[01:04:44] Iran. You have opinions that that's
[01:04:46] fine. And but what I can say is is like
[01:04:50] first of all, we just don't know how
[01:04:51] this is going to go yet. We don't know
[01:04:54] how Iran has reply is going to reply.
[01:04:56] And if they do reply, we don't know how
[01:04:57] President Trump will react to it. So, we
[01:04:59] are putting our trust in him. It's not
[01:05:01] an administration. Currently, what has
[01:05:03] happened is what has happened so far is
[01:05:06] the United States dropped some bombs on
[01:05:09] three sites in Iran. We don't know what
[01:05:12] the death toll is, but if it reflects
[01:05:15] what we've had so far, maybe a few dozen
[01:05:17] people. We have dropped some bombs on
[01:05:19] Iran. That is our level of commitment.
[01:05:21] We have not landed troops on the
[01:05:25] southern shore of Iran. We haven't had
[01:05:26] paratroopers land in Thran. We are not
[01:05:29] doing daily bombing campaigns on all of
[01:05:32] Iran's cities. We have not turned this
[01:05:34] into like our equivalent of the Ukraine
[01:05:36] war. We have flown some bombers over. We
[01:05:40] dropped bombs on three sites. That's it.
[01:05:44] That is a very limited level of
[01:05:46] involvement. We should genuinely be
[01:05:48] worried if this escalates into a bigger
[01:05:50] thing. But so far it does not. So far it
[01:05:53] does not. And we have some level of
[01:05:55] control over whether it does. Not 100%.
[01:05:57] That's why we have some worries, but it
[01:06:00] has not exploded into anything big yet.
[01:06:03] So people, they said they didn't vote
[01:06:05] for regime change. They didn't vote for
[01:06:07] endless wars. They didn't vote for US
[01:06:09] boots on the ground. So far, we don't
[01:06:10] have those things. We don't have a
[01:06:11] regime change war. We don't have boots
[01:06:13] on the ground. We don't have an
[01:06:14] open-ended conflict with no clear
[01:06:16] objective. President Trump's objective
[01:06:18] was blow their nuclear program to
[01:06:20] smitherines. So, he bombed their nuclear
[01:06:22] program. And that is the extent of what
[01:06:25] we have done so far. That's it. And and
[01:06:28] so I just I I every I have to say I want
[01:06:30] to try to introduce some caution into
[01:06:33] all of this.
[01:06:34] Let me kind of read some frontline
[01:06:36] reports uh from the Middle East. This is
[01:06:39] from some Israeli intelligence officers.
[01:06:41] Uh secondhand information first. Quote,
[01:06:43] "Reports out of Iran are that officers
[01:06:45] are refusing to fire missiles because
[01:06:47] Israel has been striking launch sites
[01:06:49] immediately after they fire." That is
[01:06:51] true. No, that this is rational. This is
[01:06:53] actually rational. No missile attacks in
[01:06:56] Israel today for the first time since
[01:06:57] Israel first attacked Iran last week.
[01:07:00] Iran's ability to fire any missiles is
[01:07:02] severely degraded. US assets in the
[01:07:04] Middle East are likely not going to be
[01:07:07] attacked. Now, that's a very bullish
[01:07:09] interpretation, but that is actually a
[01:07:11] very rational and interesting thing. So,
[01:07:12] let me kind of explain to you how this
[01:07:13] works. So, there's a ton of Iranian
[01:07:17] ballistic missile launchers in the
[01:07:19] interior of Iran. A ton of them, right?
[01:07:23] And so we don't know where they all are.
[01:07:25] And by the way, guy, let me just pause.
[01:07:28] Can you guys work on getting us on
[01:07:29] Bannon uh with RAV? Steve wants to get
[01:07:32] have us on. Can you call RAV and get
[01:07:34] that done, guys? So, there's a ton of
[01:07:35] these launchers on the in the interior
[01:07:39] of Iran. As soon as a ballistic missile
[01:07:41] goes up for one of them, they've outed
[01:07:43] themselves, right? So, a lot of these
[01:07:45] are like hidden in the hills and they're
[01:07:47] hidden in the the the trees. I mean,
[01:07:50] there it's a massive country, right? Put
[01:07:52] that map back up. I mean, could you
[01:07:54] imagine trying to just find a launcher
[01:07:57] in Texas, let al by the way, just so we
[01:07:59] you know, driving from like Galveastston
[01:08:02] to El Paso could take you like 10 hours.
[01:08:05] Now, two and a half times that. That's
[01:08:07] like driving from Houston to Reno with
[01:08:12] probably a crappier road network, too.
[01:08:13] Right. Exactly. So, so as soon as one of
[01:08:16] these launchers goes up and it surfaces,
[01:08:21] then we now know from the air where it
[01:08:25] is and then Israel takes it out. Okay.
[01:08:27] So therefore, if they want to take out
[01:08:29] American
[01:08:32] bases or try to take out American
[01:08:33] troops, they have to out themselves as a
[01:08:35] launcher. Yes. Uh we have a new truth
[01:08:36] from President Trump four minutes ago.
[01:08:39] All all caps as is his way. any
[01:08:41] retaliation by Iran against the United
[01:08:43] States of America will be met with force
[01:08:45] far greater than what was witnessed
[01:08:48] tonight. Thank you, Donald J. Trump,
[01:08:51] President of the United States. Yes. And
[01:08:53] so, by the way, that that's a very
[01:08:55] predictable truth from TR from from
[01:08:57] Trump as and that's by the way that's
[01:08:58] exactly what he should be saying and he
[01:09:00] means every single word. Um, so that's
[01:09:04] that's some interesting intelligence.
[01:09:06] Let me read some other stuff here. Uh,
[01:09:08] some other reports that I'm getting.
[01:09:10] So
[01:09:13] CNN reports that top Democrats on the
[01:09:16] intel committee were not briefed on the
[01:09:17] strikes while Republicans were. So that
[01:09:19] explains why there were no leaks.
[01:09:24] It's good, right? They'll get They'll
[01:09:25] get annoyed about that one. That's
[01:09:27] right. So
[01:09:30] the uh Do we have Shock and Awe, by the
[01:09:33] way, from 2003?
[01:09:35] Do we have that? While we wait for that,
[01:09:38] we got a $20 donation. Uh, the Gabello,
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[01:09:43] Papa New Guinea. I don't know that I've
[01:09:45] ever gotten a donation from Papa New
[01:09:47] Guinea before. That that that is a uh Is
[01:09:50] it true there are cannibals in there?
[01:09:51] There are cannibals. There there's like
[01:09:53] everything in Papa New Guinea. There's
[01:09:54] like more languages in Papa New Guinea
[01:09:56] than like the rest of the world
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[01:11:03] Okay. Uh, I want to get to some tape
[01:11:06] here. By the way, we might uh harmonize
[01:11:07] with Steve Bannon show in just a second
[01:11:09] here and kind of just um combine forces
[01:11:12] really quick. So, before we do that
[01:11:14] though, so the we know that Iran's
[01:11:17] ability to enrich uranium has been
[01:11:20] deterred. Let me this is from a top
[01:11:21] level military source. Let me read this
[01:11:23] here. Those saying they fear another
[01:11:26] Iraq and Afghanistan are not paying
[01:11:28] attention. Nobody here, this is from a
[01:11:30] top level military source, has any plans
[01:11:33] of going in on the ground. That has
[01:11:35] never been part of our plan. This is
[01:11:37] what they also say. Charlie, please tell
[01:11:40] your audience that Israel has
[01:11:42] assassinated hundreds of scientists who
[01:11:45] ran the program. It's not just the
[01:11:47] facilities that were destroyed and
[01:11:49] Russia and the Chinese Communist Party
[01:11:51] won't be so fast to help them again
[01:11:53] after this. They are set back in all
[01:11:56] caps decades if it's not totally
[01:11:58] destroyed. I don't think that's I think
[01:12:00] that's a little decades is pretty bold.
[01:12:02] I'm not sure I share that view, but
[01:12:04] okay, let me go one more. And of course,
[01:12:06] they will do what they can to rebuild.
[01:12:08] They are an ideological regime. They
[01:12:11] don't care about their economy except as
[01:12:13] it helps them build weapons
[01:12:14] capabilities. Remember I told you about
[01:12:15] the money. That's why they've been
[01:12:17] having rolling blackouts for years.
[01:12:19] Electricity is the gut punch to Iran.
[01:12:22] Remember that. For years, even though
[01:12:24] they are one of the most energy
[01:12:25] resourcerich countries in the world is a
[01:12:27] great point. all their resources go to
[01:12:28] the war machine against Israel and the
[01:12:31] West. Thoughts on that?
[01:12:34] I mean, I hope they're right. Like,
[01:12:35] well, decades. Put the decades thing.
[01:12:37] Decades. Yeah, but decades. But also
[01:12:38] like hundreds. I mean, maybe I They've
[01:12:40] definitely taken out some nuclear
[01:12:42] scientists. Have they taken out
[01:12:43] hundreds? I'd be interested in seeing,
[01:12:45] you know, the full list of names. That
[01:12:47] That's quite the job. That's quite the
[01:12:49] operation.
[01:12:50] Uh
[01:12:52] in the end like the truth is this is the
[01:12:54] the dark reality of it is the nuclear
[01:12:57] bomb was invented 80 years ago in a
[01:12:59] country you we were able to invent the
[01:13:01] atomic bomb without having computers
[01:13:03] that so so what is the history of Iran?
[01:13:05] Why is it called Iran and not Persia? Oh
[01:13:07] uh so Iran actually is like I believe
[01:13:10] their historic name going back 2,000
[01:13:13] years. Um it actually comes from the
[01:13:16] same word. It it literally basically
[01:13:18] means land of aryens. So actually like
[01:13:20] you know the Nazis kind of got that
[01:13:21] Aryan label from like ancient Ind. Yeah.
[01:13:25] So they're an Indo-Uropean people. So
[01:13:27] they're like Persian for example is an
[01:13:29] Indo-Uropean language. So it is related
[01:13:32] to English to Italian, French, all the
[01:13:35] languages we speak and you know it goes
[01:13:36] all the way down to India. So you have
[01:13:38] Indian languages, Persian languages and
[01:13:40] then European languages. So it's not a
[01:13:42] Semitic language the way Hebrew is or
[01:13:44] Arabic. That's interesting. So Farsy.
[01:13:46] Yeah. So Fars, Fars is just another term
[01:13:48] for Persian. Okay. Farest province. And
[01:13:52] uh so when you say they speak Persian,
[01:13:54] is that is that correct? Yeah. Yeah.
[01:13:56] Persian, you could call it Pers. Usually
[01:13:57] they'll just call it Persian. They also
[01:13:59] speak Persian in Afghanistan. Not
[01:14:00] everyone, but like the largest group of
[01:14:02] people there. Um so Persian, Persia,
[01:14:06] that's just a name. Uh there's like
[01:14:07] Perseus is a region in Iran, and that's
[01:14:12] where the ancient Greeks kind of got
[01:14:13] their name for them. So the ancient
[01:14:15] Greeks called them Persia and obviously
[01:14:17] we have a great heritage from the
[01:14:18] ancient Greeks and so that just kind of
[01:14:20] became the western name for them but
[01:14:23] generally their own name for themselves
[01:14:25] was some I'm not exactly sure how they
[01:14:27] pronounce it but basically Iran and
[01:14:30] about 100 years ago the Sha of Iran
[01:14:32] actually said I I think we should be
[01:14:34] called the Iran in the west and then his
[01:14:36] successor the the famous Sha who got
[01:14:38] overthrown he said you can call it
[01:14:41] whatever you want I don't care that much
[01:14:42] and then he got overthrown and they went
[01:14:44] back to preferring Iran a lot. So,
[01:14:47] what's very funny is if you're in LA and
[01:14:49] you know the Persians there, they often
[01:14:51] prefer to be called Persians because
[01:14:53] they see that as a way of showing
[01:14:54] they're not in line with the regime
[01:14:56] which pushes the Iranian name. So, I
[01:14:59] don't know. It'd be kind of cool if we
[01:15:00] did end up overthrowing their
[01:15:02] government. It'd be bad. But one of the
[01:15:04] plus sides, maybe we can call it Persia
[01:15:05] again, which I kind of prefer as a name
[01:15:08] myself. I like Persia. Persia? Yeah,
[01:15:10] it's cool. like Persians who you like if
[01:15:12] you play a video game like if you're
[01:15:13] playing like civilization like you play
[01:15:15] as the Persians you don't play as the
[01:15:16] Iranians 100%. So uh by the way we're
[01:15:19] we're waiting to get synchronized here
[01:15:21] with Steve Bannon in just a second.
[01:15:23] Hopefully we can get that get that
[01:15:25] going. So I want to read some of these
[01:15:27] emails here. Uh Mandy says uh Charlie
[01:15:30] I'm a Trump supporter wife of three.
[01:15:32] Tough decisions but I trust uh that they
[01:15:34] are made not lightly. I could tell you
[01:15:35] right now these are not made lightly.
[01:15:38] This is this has been enormous amount of
[01:15:40] pondering. This is not just a overnight
[01:15:43] decision that went into this. Now,
[01:15:45] there's another email uh from a friend
[01:15:47] from sex from Chicago. Charlie, I'm 100%
[01:15:50] in support of Israel, but I think Trump
[01:15:52] needs to pull back. The job is done. Get
[01:15:55] in and out. Okay. So, I mean, you kind
[01:15:57] of look at you look at the dynamics
[01:16:00] here. This potentially could escalate in
[01:16:02] a way that nobody wants. the the the the
[01:16:06] $10 trillion question is what is Iran
[01:16:09] going to do? Now Blake, let's walk
[01:16:11] through this. Trump saying he'll
[01:16:12] retaliate if we're hit is worrisome. But
[01:16:15] let me let me just ask. So if a 100 US
[01:16:18] troops die, does a president need to
[01:16:20] respond in that? What did Reagan do with
[01:16:22] the barracks bombing? Yeah. So for those
[01:16:25] instructive here, so for those who don't
[01:16:27] remember, there was a civil war in
[01:16:28] Lebanon um about Yeah. in the ' 80s. So
[01:16:30] which I was going to say about 30 years
[01:16:32] ago. It is over 40 years ago now. Uh so
[01:16:36] civil war in Lebanon and you know we
[01:16:38] kind of had the humanitarian send US
[01:16:40] troops to try to keep order. Uh very
[01:16:44] much just a humanitarian mission and as
[01:16:47] such things go in the Middle East didn't
[01:16:49] go well for us. A uh one of the first
[01:16:51] big suicide bombers in the Middle East.
[01:16:53] They were not a super common practice at
[01:16:55] the time, but a guy drives a truck bomb
[01:16:57] into the barracks where the Marines are
[01:17:00] in Beirut and detonates it and kills I
[01:17:03] want to say did he kill 300 US troops?
[01:17:05] It was a It was 283.
[01:17:08] I only know that cuz I looked up the
[01:17:09] other day. Yeah. Yeah. So, and then
[01:17:11] other people as well. Like one of the
[01:17:13] most devastating suicide bombs of all
[01:17:15] time. And the response of Reagan was
[01:17:18] this is not what we signed up for and we
[01:17:20] will pull our troops out. Now, a big
[01:17:22] difference there is that's a non-state
[01:17:24] actor who did it. Like there was no
[01:17:26] government we could really overthrow.
[01:17:28] Yeah. So that that's that's that's the
[01:17:30] barracks bombing right there. 280. And
[01:17:33] so 283
[01:17:35] US service members died. How did Reagan
[01:17:37] respond when 283 Marines I think? Yeah.
[01:17:41] So like I said, he he replied he
[01:17:43] responded by we withdrew our troops
[01:17:45] there. He we were like we don't want
[01:17:47] tons of US troops dying in what is
[01:17:49] ultimately just a humanitarian mission.
[01:17:51] Similarly in Somalia we intervened there
[01:17:54] again on a humanitarian mission and then
[01:17:56] a large number of US troops got killed
[01:17:58] in the whole Blackhawk Down incident in
[01:18:00] Moadishu. And our response was let's
[01:18:03] pull back Clinton uh that was early in
[01:18:05] Clinton's presidency. Yeah I think 93.
[01:18:08] And so again we we withdrew from that
[01:18:11] because our thought was we're here on a
[01:18:13] humanitarian mission. We're not here to
[01:18:15] get hundreds of US troops killed. But
[01:18:17] again, same deal. There's no uh Somalia
[01:18:20] was in a state of essential anarchy. It
[01:18:22] was warlords. There was not a regime we
[01:18:25] could go and just get, you know,
[01:18:27] overthrow as retaliation. It would be
[01:18:29] different here if there's an Iranian
[01:18:32] government and a military that has
[01:18:33] killed 100 US troops. And that is I
[01:18:36] would say it's risky. Like I understand
[01:18:40] why President Trump said this, but at
[01:18:42] the same time when he says, "If you
[01:18:44] attack us, I'll retaliate much worse." I
[01:18:46] think that it's commits us. It's
[01:18:47] rhetorical deterrence. That's probably
[01:18:49] the best argument. It is, but it's also
[01:18:51] Oh, that's an interesting point. So,
[01:18:53] build that out further. I I interrupted
[01:18:54] you. So, now you're saying that if we
[01:18:56] get hit, he must respond. Exactly. So,
[01:18:58] that is what's dicey is that he has said
[01:19:00] if you hit us, I will hit you back and
[01:19:03] hard. And previously when he'd said
[01:19:06] nothing, I think you could say it's
[01:19:09] pretty likely he would hit you back. But
[01:19:10] he has freedom of action in how he
[01:19:13] chooses to respond to. He's kind of he's
[01:19:14] kind of some agency. Now it's kind of
[01:19:16] we're we're committed. If Iran says,
[01:19:18] "Okay, we're going to lob a bunch of
[01:19:19] missiles at you. He to maintain his
[01:19:22] credibility, he's going to have to
[01:19:24] respond and more intensely than they hit
[01:19:27] us. So he can't even keep it tit
[01:19:28] fortat." He's said he will respond much
[01:19:31] more forcefully than whatever they hit
[01:19:33] us with. And so they hit us, you know,
[01:19:36] one US troop dies, 10 US troops die.
[01:19:39] He's now said, I'm going to pulverize
[01:19:41] you if you do that. So then suddenly
[01:19:43] we're bombing Iran a bunch more and then
[01:19:45] what do they do back to us? That's how
[01:19:47] you can potentially get into that
[01:19:49] escalatory
[01:19:52] thing where they do one thing, we go
[01:19:54] back at them, they go back at us. Yes.
[01:19:56] And that that way all of a sudden you
[01:19:58] wake up one day and you're like suddenly
[01:20:00] there's US troops in Iran. Yeah. And
[01:20:01] which which by the way is logistically I
[01:20:03] don't even know where you would invade.
[01:20:04] Like it's not there's not like a port. I
[01:20:07] mean there's like a there literally it's
[01:20:08] deep in the interior. Tran is hundreds
[01:20:10] of miles into the interior of that
[01:20:12] country surround. I mean you could not
[01:20:14] design a country harder to invade than
[01:20:17] Iran. Maybe Afghanistan. Well that's but
[01:20:20] no but the difference Afghanistan people
[01:20:22] in huts. This is a great people. These
[01:20:23] are very sophisticated people. cities
[01:20:26] with 20 million people. Correct. Now
[01:20:27] imagine how much urban warfare stinks.
[01:20:30] Now imagine urban warfare in a city of
[01:20:32] 20 million people. Let me go a step
[01:20:34] further. So the IRGC, the inter the
[01:20:36] Iranian Iranian Iranian revolutionary
[01:20:39] guard um general guard whatever uh guard
[01:20:42] corps probably has 600,000 active people
[01:20:45] or 200,000. Do you know how many people
[01:20:47] they have on call? It's going to be 10
[01:20:49] times 20 million. So basically that's
[01:20:51] like every dude in Iran. The point being
[01:20:53] is that they're like, but think about
[01:20:55] that. I mean, you could be fighting a 20
[01:20:57] and they have they they're all armed.
[01:20:58] Like, they have a conventional army in
[01:21:01] Iran. So, nobody wants this. And by the
[01:21:03] way, President Trump doesn't want it
[01:21:04] either. He's been very clear. He wants
[01:21:06] to get in and out. And he knows, look,
[01:21:08] you bomb a foreign country, you are
[01:21:10] introducing risk.
[01:21:12] You are introducing an element of
[01:21:14] unpredictability here that no one will
[01:21:17] be able to control. Let's go back in the
[01:21:19] history books. This is on British
[01:21:20] television. Uh, the invasion of
[01:21:22] Afghanistan 2001. Play cut 278.
[01:21:27] Good evening. American and British
[01:21:29] forces have begun attacking the Taliban
[01:21:31] in Afghanistan tonight in a wave of
[01:21:33] military strikes aimed at crippling
[01:21:35] their air defenses and wiping out their
[01:21:37] military aircraft. The attacks began
[01:21:40] just before 5 this evening, half 9 in
[01:21:43] Kbble, when 50 cruise missiles were
[01:21:46] launched from submarines and ships in
[01:21:48] the Arabian Sea, supported by what's
[01:21:50] been described as the most sophisticated
[01:21:52] bombers and strike aircraft in the
[01:21:55] American arsenal.
[01:21:57] And so, let me just kind of give a
[01:22:00] another viewpoint here. From that
[01:22:02] broadcast in 2001 to 2025, it's been 24
[01:22:06] years. I'm 31 years old. Basically, as a
[01:22:11] 31-year-old,
[01:22:12] almost all memory that I have of war has
[01:22:16] been quagmire, death, lies, and
[01:22:19] deception in that region. For those of
[01:22:22] you watching this right now over the age
[01:22:23] of 50, you're like, "How is it that so
[01:22:25] many young people can be skeptical?"
[01:22:28] That's why because
[01:22:32] we turn the corner, there's just another
[01:22:33] conflict in this region that almost
[01:22:35] everybody in these audience will not
[01:22:39] join will
[01:22:42] they will not visit. They will not know
[01:22:43] where it is. And again, I'm not even
[01:22:45] saying that
[01:22:47] there is a
[01:22:50] I'm not even taking a position on it.
[01:22:53] Trump did it. He's the
[01:22:54] commander-in-chief. We have to trust his
[01:22:55] judgment. He has earned our judgment.
[01:22:57] the way that is the biggest takeaway I'm
[01:22:59] getting from Trump supporters is
[01:23:01] cautionary approval. That's probably the
[01:23:03] best way I could summarize it. It's like
[01:23:05] look, you're you're leading us into
[01:23:07] this. You've earned it. We got it. We
[01:23:08] have some concerns. Cautionary approval,
[01:23:11] I would say, is the consensus of the
[01:23:13] audience. I don't even have cautionary
[01:23:15] approval. I just say President Trump has
[01:23:16] earned it. He's a friend of mine. He
[01:23:17] made a decision. Let's see what happens.
[01:23:19] And by the way, he has he has proven
[01:23:20] time and time again. It'd be one thing
[01:23:22] if all of a sudden he had five, six,
[01:23:23] seven, eight, nine different iterations
[01:23:25] of messes
[01:23:27] and he knows what he is doing. We're at
[01:23:29] 96 members here tonight. Tina, Kathleen,
[01:23:31] Dakota, thank you. Barry, Virginia,
[01:23:33] Michaela, Brian, Bobby, Gus, Steven,
[01:23:35] Lauren, Barbara, Karen.
[01:23:37] Members.chariekirk.com. That is
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[01:23:41] Uh Jack Pobic is with us. Is that right?
[01:23:44] Or did Jack I'm here, Charlie. I'm here.
[01:23:46] Jack, you left us to go on Bannon show
[01:23:48] now. I'm trying to get Bannon on here.
[01:23:49] It's all a mess. So, so Jack, uh, how do
[01:23:52] we then how do we go forward here to
[01:23:54] keep MAGA together in the midst of all
[01:23:56] this? Well, Charlie, look, you know,
[01:23:59] there there's obviously divided opinion
[01:24:01] on this and, you know, I'd be I'd be
[01:24:03] remiss as uh as calling balls and
[01:24:05] strikes if I didn't say that, but but
[01:24:07] Charlie, let's let's remember that MAGA
[01:24:09] has always been a coalition focused on
[01:24:12] the domestic policy, the domestic
[01:24:14] agenda. What are the even Kaylee Mcini
[01:24:17] who's someone who was massively in favor
[01:24:19] of these strikes uh all throughout the
[01:24:20] week has said that the issue that
[01:24:22] President Trump polls highest on has
[01:24:25] consistently been the uh the issue of
[01:24:27] mass deportations and prior to that
[01:24:29] these ICE raids that have been ramping
[01:24:31] up I think 500% earlier in the week was
[01:24:34] a number that I had seen come out a lot
[01:24:36] of the videos coming out of Los Angeles
[01:24:37] and other major cities President Trump
[01:24:39] also putting out a major tweet saying
[01:24:41] that he would be focusing on major
[01:24:43] cities with these ICE raids look you got
[01:24:45] to ramp up the domestic agenda and I
[01:24:47] think that's something that brings
[01:24:48] everybody you know people who were
[01:24:50] against this in the bases people who who
[01:24:52] were you know potentially you know Gen Z
[01:24:54] who was against this I think if you ramp
[01:24:56] up that domestic agenda and really focus
[01:24:58] on this as well as by the way getting
[01:25:00] the funding to the domestic agenda
[01:25:02] through this this big beautiful bill
[01:25:04] that's going to be something that works
[01:25:06] very much to put everybody at ease to
[01:25:09] understand that yes this is President
[01:25:11] Trump this has always been President
[01:25:12] Trump he's always been focused on his
[01:25:14] promises says one of his promises was on
[01:25:16] Iran and that he came down that
[01:25:18] escalator and he said I'm going to end
[01:25:19] Iran's nuclear program and he also said
[01:25:21] I'm going to conduct mass deportation.
[01:25:23] So he's done one and he's going to do
[01:25:25] the other as well. So here's some
[01:25:26] breaking news here. I want to confirm
[01:25:28] this. Iran's atomic agency says the
[01:25:31] country will carry on with its nuclear
[01:25:33] activities despite US attacks on key
[01:25:35] facilities. Okay, so this is what now
[01:25:39] remember back to our program. This is
[01:25:41] why you guys should subscribe to our
[01:25:42] podcast because we're we're one of the
[01:25:43] only shows that's been telling you this.
[01:25:45] Remember back on f on Thursday Friday we
[01:25:49] were talking about how a nuclear program
[01:25:51] is a mindset. And so they in so far that
[01:25:57] the regime breathes there is still a
[01:25:59] nuclear program. And so this has not
[01:26:02] deterred at le rhetorical BS. This could
[01:26:05] just be we're going to get you and then
[01:26:07] they realize all their they realize all
[01:26:09] their um scientists are dead. We have to
[01:26:12] bomb the nuclear program in their house.
[01:26:13] The NASA fire information system
[01:26:15] detected a significant heat generating
[01:26:17] event near the Ford nuclear facility.
[01:26:19] The New York Times reported one
[01:26:21] detection was about 30 minutes before
[01:26:23] President Trump announced the US
[01:26:24] strikes. I don't know what that means.
[01:26:26] That's a little strange, but I need a
[01:26:27] Well, 30 minutes before we announced um
[01:26:29] that would be after they supposedly
[01:26:31] believed we hit it. So, it could be
[01:26:33] follow-up hit. It could be something
[01:26:35] within the plant blew up. Um, so let's
[01:26:39] Can we get this MSNBC clip that uh Riley
[01:26:41] put in the chat? It's very informative.
[01:26:43] Are we able to get on Bannon or is that
[01:26:45] is that not going to happen? I think he
[01:26:47] I think he just ended. Okay, we're still
[01:26:49] working on that. Okay, so this this uh
[01:26:52] Treata Parsy, founder and former
[01:26:54] president of the National Iranian
[01:26:56] Council on MSNBC says, quote, "I think
[01:26:58] the most important thing to understand
[01:27:00] in the situation is that Donald Trump
[01:27:02] has now ensured that Iran will be a
[01:27:04] nuclear weapon state in 5 to 10 years
[01:27:06] from now, particularly if there is
[01:27:08] regime change. Nothing motivates a
[01:27:10] country more to actually go for nuclear
[01:27:12] deterrence than having being bombed.
[01:27:16] You do not know how a population is
[01:27:19] going to respond when you bomb them. It
[01:27:20] could break their will or it can
[01:27:22] strengthen their will. Anyone who tells
[01:27:24] you is incorrect. Now, the argument
[01:27:26] probably to bomb Fordo, the best case
[01:27:29] argument is this. It buys you a lot of
[01:27:32] time and this regime is probably not
[01:27:33] going to last another decade. They've
[01:27:35] had multiple waves of like major
[01:27:37] protests against them. And I think some
[01:27:40] people believe it's a very weak regime
[01:27:42] that could just get toppled,
[01:27:45] you know, at at a nudge. I think that's
[01:27:47] optimistic. And even if they get
[01:27:49] toppled, you know, maybe you get your
[01:27:52] Islamic regime toppled by just a secular
[01:27:55] but militant regime. Like there's kind
[01:27:57] of this assumption that anyone who's
[01:27:58] against the Ayatollas might be pro- US,
[01:28:01] but no, no. So potentially. So Jack is
[01:28:05] there. Jack, talk about how, and before
[01:28:07] I go to Jack, I just want to say you
[01:28:09] guys can email us freedom
[01:28:10] charliekirk.com. Oh, I saw Steve for a
[01:28:11] second. Jack, talk about how there's a
[01:28:13] chance regime change could lead to an
[01:28:15] IRGC government, a military
[01:28:18] dictatorship.
[01:28:19] Well, Charlie, that that's exactly
[01:28:21] right. And and you know what you're
[01:28:22] saying, I think in terms of the
[01:28:24] technology of, you know, the mindset of
[01:28:27] the nuclear program, I think, is exactly
[01:28:28] right because it's a technology. So
[01:28:30] nuclear programs are a technology. the
[01:28:32] capability, the infrastructure that's
[01:28:34] all been taken out that's been set back
[01:28:36] potentially for years. We don't know
[01:28:38] exactly how long, but getting rid of a
[01:28:41] technology is tricky because it is a
[01:28:43] technology. I I you you would almost
[01:28:45] akin it to uh trying to get rid of
[01:28:47] Bitcoin, right? You could get rid of,
[01:28:49] you know, a lot of the infrastructure
[01:28:50] for Bitcoin, but some of it would would
[01:28:52] exist somewhere and it could be
[01:28:53] reconstituted if that were regime were
[01:28:56] still in power. And so there's another
[01:28:59] line here too that looking at these
[01:29:01] strikes, this is something that we saw
[01:29:03] in Iraq. This is something that we saw
[01:29:05] in Afghanistan. So let's just, you know,
[01:29:08] total dev devil's advocate here. Let's
[01:29:10] say uh the regime falls. Uh the
[01:29:12] Ayatollah is assassinated or he's
[01:29:14] overthrown and there's a power vacuum.
[01:29:16] Some one of those scenarios takes place.
[01:29:19] There's a real possibility that there is
[01:29:21] a power vacuum. Uh there are multiple
[01:29:24] successors who claim to be the next
[01:29:27] Ayatollah. And yet perhaps just perhaps
[01:29:30] the military, the IRGC of Iran says
[01:29:35] we're we want to be in charge. They
[01:29:37] install their own supreme leader,
[01:29:39] someone who is completely outside of the
[01:29:43] current system, uh, whatever you want to
[01:29:45] call the system in Iran right now, and
[01:29:48] basically creates a military
[01:29:49] dictatorship that is much much much more
[01:29:53] aggressive than the current leadership
[01:29:56] of Iran. uh works to and and works to
[01:29:59] launch their their ballistic missiles,
[01:30:01] uh bomb the straits of Hormuz, go mine
[01:30:04] the straight of Hormuz, go after
[01:30:05] merchant shipping, go after US bases.
[01:30:08] All of these things are on the table.
[01:30:10] And by the way, all of these things have
[01:30:12] happened within this region in just the
[01:30:15] last 50 years. So, this isn't like
[01:30:16] something that uh you know that we're
[01:30:18] we're just shooting from the hip here.
[01:30:20] These are all things that have taken
[01:30:22] place within the Middle East, Central
[01:30:24] Asia region over the course of the last
[01:30:27] 50 years or so and certainly in the
[01:30:29] postw World War II um environment. Uh
[01:30:32] everybody email us freedom
[01:30:33] charlariekirk.com and subscribe to our
[01:30:35] podcast. That is the Charlie Kirk show
[01:30:37] podcast. You guys can go right here and
[01:30:38] subscribe. Blake, we might have to throw
[01:30:39] to Steve here, but can we uh win a war
[01:30:43] simply and solely just through air
[01:30:45] power? Yeah. So, a friend of mine sent
[01:30:46] me a message that uh got me thinking. He
[01:30:48] said, "Thinking everything can be done
[01:30:50] with air power is a error we've been
[01:30:53] making since Korea." And it got me
[01:30:55] thinking about that cuz it's true. In
[01:30:57] Korea, we have I mean, we had the United
[01:30:59] States Air Force. It was one of the most
[01:31:01] powerful things ever. It was a lot of
[01:31:02] stuff we had from World War II. And we
[01:31:04] basically fought China to a draw. And
[01:31:06] China had essentially no planes. And
[01:31:08] yet, it just ended up being a draw. We
[01:31:10] couldn't bomb our way through to winning
[01:31:11] that war. Vietnam, unlimited amounts of
[01:31:14] US air power. You'll see that figure
[01:31:16] sometimes. We dropped more bombs on
[01:31:18] North Vietnam than we dropped on Germany
[01:31:20] and Japan in World War II, but we
[01:31:22] couldn't bomb that entire country into
[01:31:25] submission. Since then, our bombs have
[01:31:27] gotten a lot better. We have smart
[01:31:28] bombs. We can make sure whatever bomb we
[01:31:30] drop is going to hit its target, but the
[01:31:32] offset to this is they're more
[01:31:34] expensive. They take longer to make. We
[01:31:36] don't have the ability to just produce a
[01:31:38] million bombs really easily. And so what
[01:31:42] you get is if you want to see the
[01:31:44] outcome, you can go look at Ukraine and
[01:31:46] Russia for example. You can drop bombs,
[01:31:48] you can hit power blinds, you can hit
[01:31:50] power plants, you can hit dams, you can
[01:31:52] hit tanks, you can hit infantry, you can
[01:31:54] hit missile launchers. But after a
[01:31:56] while, you just start to run out and
[01:31:58] okay, it's a country of 93 million
[01:32:00] people and you don't have perfect
[01:32:02] knowledge of everything. You don't have
[01:32:03] the ability to hit everything. And after
[01:32:06] a while, you just have to admit, are you
[01:32:08] actually able to bomb this country until
[01:32:10] they surrender? Are you able to bomb
[01:32:11] them until their government gets
[01:32:13] overthrown? There's not a great track
[01:32:15] record on that. Even with like Saddam
[01:32:18] Hussein, we did shock and awe, but to
[01:32:20] knock him out of power, we had to send
[01:32:23] 150,000 troops into that country. And
[01:32:26] you're going to hear people who claim we
[01:32:28] can keep this entirely limited to an air
[01:32:30] war and achieve all of our objectives.
[01:32:33] And if our objective is just damage
[01:32:35] their nuclear program, maybe we can do
[01:32:37] that. But if you allow these people to
[01:32:39] get their hooks in where they say,
[01:32:40] "Well, our goal needs to be regime
[01:32:42] change uh because that's the only way we
[01:32:44] stop their nuclear program or because
[01:32:46] they've hit US troops and so we need to
[01:32:48] retaliate and that's the only lever we
[01:32:51] have." I'm not sure you can get that
[01:32:53] done with only planes dropping bombs and
[01:32:56] that's how you end up with, god forbid,
[01:32:58] US troops end up in Tran. And there is
[01:33:01] kind of this like modern cope that like
[01:33:02] we're able to just do it with air power.
[01:33:05] Yeah. Right. It's the thought like, oh,
[01:33:06] you can just fly planes and they can't
[01:33:08] hit us and no one gets shot down and no
[01:33:09] one dies. Yeah. There's no casualties.
[01:33:11] And it's it's kind of a a fiction of the
[01:33:14] modern military pedestrian mind. So, I
[01:33:18] want to read a uh a email here. This is
[01:33:21] by no means the majority, but I would
[01:33:23] say a lot of younger people are emailing
[01:33:25] us something similar. Charlie, I
[01:33:27] supported Donald Trump and voted for
[01:33:28] him. I will not be I will be voting for
[01:33:30] anyone that is explicitly anti-Israel
[01:33:32] next election. So Jack, I know this is
[01:33:34] not the primary thing on people's mind,
[01:33:37] but what has the last week done in your
[01:33:40] opinion for the the Israel advocacy or
[01:33:46] the uh people have the belief pro or
[01:33:49] against? Has it improved people's
[01:33:51] opinion of Israel? Has it decreased uh
[01:33:54] people's opinion of Israel? Jack Pobic.
[01:33:58] Well, Charlie, you know, I I would say
[01:33:59] it depends on it. It cuts on age lines
[01:34:02] the same way we've seen with a number of
[01:34:04] these things. Um, for the older
[01:34:07] generation, I think it's something where
[01:34:09] they're generally pro- Israel. Um, then
[01:34:13] it cut so baby boomers then and Gen X
[01:34:16] large. Then you cut down to millennials,
[01:34:18] that's kind of 50/50 and Gen Y. But for
[01:34:21] Gen Z in particular, they've shifted in
[01:34:24] a big way. Uh, I saw one poll from last
[01:34:28] week over 50% anti-Israel. Uh, and I
[01:34:31] think that's going to continue moving in
[01:34:33] that direction because Gen Z
[01:34:36] particularly views Israel as the
[01:34:39] aggressor in many of these cases. Now,
[01:34:42] again, you can argue about that. I I I
[01:34:44] personally have, you know, my own
[01:34:46] thoughts on that, but that's how it's
[01:34:48] viewed. I'm just saying that's the
[01:34:50] observation of Gen Z. And so as such,
[01:34:54] they say, "Why are all these why does
[01:34:56] all this happen to happen have to happen
[01:34:57] right now?" They have serious questions
[01:34:59] about the intelligence. They have
[01:35:01] serious questions about what's really
[01:35:03] going on. And they go on TikTok and they
[01:35:05] look at videos coming out of Gaza every
[01:35:07] day of dead kids. Um, now they see
[01:35:10] bombing in Iran and they say, "What is
[01:35:12] this? Why isn't anyone coming in to do
[01:35:14] something to help us? Why isn't anyone
[01:35:16] doing anything to fix the economy in the
[01:35:19] United States, to fix the health
[01:35:20] situation in the United States, to fix
[01:35:22] housing, to fix the, you know, you know,
[01:35:24] fix housing without having to sell off
[01:35:26] all of our public lands, which is a
[01:35:28] conversation we were having the other
[01:35:29] day, uh, at least behind the scenes. And
[01:35:31] uh, and and they're saying, "When is our
[01:35:34] government going to do something for
[01:35:36] us?" And whenever I talk to Gen Z, and I
[01:35:38] talk to Jenz all the time, I have them
[01:35:40] on the program, that's exactly what
[01:35:41] that's the first words out of their
[01:35:43] mouth any day of the week. And it seems
[01:35:45] like they feel that they're not heard.
[01:35:48] They feel that other people's interests
[01:35:50] always seem to come ahead of theirs.
[01:35:53] Yeah. And so Jack, if you were to give
[01:35:56] advice to the pro-Israel advocates and
[01:35:58] community and also a warning, what would
[01:36:01] they be? Because I think that the there
[01:36:04] there is there is a cautionary tale here
[01:36:06] that like, hey, the last couple of weeks
[01:36:08] have not necessarily improved American
[01:36:11] sentiment of Israel. But secondly, what
[01:36:14] would your advice be?
[01:36:16] My first advice would be listen. Just
[01:36:19] listen and don't lecture. Just just just
[01:36:21] listen. You know, this this is the
[01:36:22] difference between
[01:36:24] um you know between different effective
[01:36:26] communication, ineffective communication
[01:36:28] as we were talking about thought crime.
[01:36:29] Uh I guess that was yesterday actually.
[01:36:31] It feels like quite quite a few days
[01:36:33] ago, but it was actually just yesterday.
[01:36:35] But in effective communication, you're
[01:36:37] listening. You're being responsive.
[01:36:39] you're actually hearing what another
[01:36:40] person's interests are and another
[01:36:42] person's side is. And so if you're
[01:36:44] trying to meet Gen Z where they are,
[01:36:45] then actually listen to them and don't
[01:36:47] tell them how they should think. Listen
[01:36:50] to what they think and why. Find out
[01:36:52] what the context is. Find out what their
[01:36:54] situation is because they are a
[01:36:56] generation again and I'm just going to
[01:36:57] go back to the context here. One of
[01:36:59] their earliest memories, if they even
[01:37:01] have a memory of it, is 9/11. Mhm. And
[01:37:05] then since then they've been in a
[01:37:07] country that's
[01:37:09] war and uh George W. Bush got you know
[01:37:13] obviously escalated wars. Barack Obama
[01:37:15] was elected saying that he was going to
[01:37:17] end wars. He did not. He escalated wars.
[01:37:20] Then you had uh President Trump first
[01:37:22] term said you know worked very hard to
[01:37:24] get us out of the Middle East. And then
[01:37:25] Joe Biden comes in and boom we have 107.
[01:37:28] We have the Ukraine war launch off. And
[01:37:30] so a lot of Gen Z is saying, is someone
[01:37:33] just going to stop these wars and do
[01:37:36] something for us? And unfortunately,
[01:37:40] what they get these lectures and they
[01:37:41] get these talking points and they don't
[01:37:44] have anyone who listens.
[01:37:46] So uh Blake, can you go through some of
[01:37:48] the uh super chats and some of the
[01:37:50] people that have paid really quick? Of
[01:37:51] course. Of course. Uh again, thank you
[01:37:52] to everyone who's been donating. If we
[01:37:54] if we don't get to yours, we're still
[01:37:56] extremely grateful. Uh, Master Doc
[01:37:59] donated5 pounds British pounds. Please,
[01:38:02] America, stand with us. We, uh, Israelis
[01:38:05] really need this. We can't do this
[01:38:07] without you guys. Please think of our
[01:38:09] people. I'm not sure if that one might
[01:38:10] be sarcastic or not. Uh, let's see.
[01:38:14] Jackson donated $5. Charlie, my friend
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[01:38:37] like if you go to BIES, you you come
[01:38:40] away thinking America can defeat
[01:38:41] everyone in the world cuz no one else
[01:38:43] has anything like that. It's It is
[01:38:45] incredible. Uh, let's see. Uh, Jose
[01:38:50] Lopez donated $10. He wrote Numbers
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[01:38:56] on his promises. He has promised
[01:38:57] blessings to those who bless Israel. God
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[01:39:02] forces. Thank you very much. Noiselike
[01:39:06] donated uh $20. He said, "Is it possible
[01:39:09] that Trump might want to support Muslim
[01:39:11] soon? That would be good." No,
[01:39:14] I would disagree. I would I would prefer
[01:39:16] that we not support Islam. But if uh if
[01:39:20] Islam wants to stop waging war on the
[01:39:22] United States, the radicals, I would
[01:39:24] certainly be grateful. Uh Mr. Magic 211
[01:39:27] donated $5. The real strategic win here
[01:39:30] is the clear message to China. Trump
[01:39:32] won't hesitate to act if they make a
[01:39:34] move on Taiwan. That's definitely
[01:39:37] something that's in the back of many
[01:39:38] people's minds. Jesus is the Way donated
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[01:39:50] Revelation 3:9. Behold, I will Oh, okay.
[01:39:53] No, we're not. We're not going to read
[01:39:54] that one, guys. You don't need to do the
[01:39:57] That's Yeah. No. Come on, guys.
[01:40:01] Uh, let's see. Uh, I like this one. Eric
[01:40:04] Norris, $2. I've seen more Iranians okay
[01:40:06] with this than Americans. I I've seen
[01:40:08] people say this, but again, I want to
[01:40:10] caution people. The Iranians, you know,
[01:40:12] are not necessarily representative of
[01:40:15] Iran at large. if they're people who
[01:40:17] know English, if they're people in
[01:40:18] America, that's not the same as your
[01:40:21] ordinary rural Iranian. So, I want to
[01:40:23] just say really quick, we're live here
[01:40:24] on Real America's Voice. Uh, according
[01:40:26] to our team, which is great. Hello
[01:40:27] everybody, uh, that is just watching.
[01:40:29] You probably already heard the news
[01:40:30] from, uh, obviously the United States
[01:40:32] has bombed Iran. I want to hear from you
[01:40:33] guys. Freedom charliekirk.com. Do you
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[01:40:50] sorry for all the technical issues.
[01:40:51] Sorry to cut you off there, Blake, but I
[01:40:53] do want to just introduce a question
[01:40:54] here. How do we keep the coalition
[01:40:56] together? It's very important, Jack. We
[01:40:58] have to keep this coalition together.
[01:40:59] People are getting very spicy online. I
[01:41:02] have a I have a prediction and my Elon
[01:41:04] prediction I think is going to be turned
[01:41:06] out right. I think the prediction is by
[01:41:08] mid July this is going to be kind of a
[01:41:10] non-issue. We're going to be moving on.
[01:41:12] Jack, what now? This is a very important
[01:41:13] question, Jack. Jack, what now
[01:41:17] does Donald Trump have to do to really
[01:41:20] fulfill the mandate for the base for
[01:41:22] people that might be concerned on
[01:41:24] immigration on border? Cernovich had a
[01:41:27] tweet about this, Jack. What What needs
[01:41:29] to happen? Well, Charlie, look, you
[01:41:31] know, and and I I read Cernovich's tweet
[01:41:33] as well, and and you know, we've all
[01:41:35] we've all been pushing for it. We've all
[01:41:36] been pushing it for it every single day.
[01:41:38] Steven Miller champions it every single
[01:41:40] chance he gets a u anywhere near a
[01:41:43] microphone, one minute on or even 1
[01:41:45] second on mainstream media and that is
[01:41:47] mass deport all the illegals that are in
[01:41:50] the United States right now. Uh make f
[01:41:53] make and fulfill the promise and the
[01:41:56] mandate that was sent to the American
[01:41:58] people regarding this question of the
[01:42:01] massive invasion crisis and the massive
[01:42:03] migrant crisis that that is affecting
[01:42:06] the American people. the people who live
[01:42:08] within the confines of the United States
[01:42:10] of America who face the so many issues
[01:42:13] in terms of economics, jobs, wages,
[01:42:17] labor, uh housing, health care, etc.
[01:42:21] large, not to mention security issues of
[01:42:24] having all of these uh all of these
[01:42:26] transnational gangs operating throughout
[01:42:28] our country. By the way, not to mention
[01:42:30] uh potential even sleeper cells. And
[01:42:33] many people have pointed to this and you
[01:42:35] know we'll see how true that is and
[01:42:37] we'll probably find out very quickly if
[01:42:40] so or you know hopefully Cash Patel and
[01:42:42] the boys over at FBI can make short work
[01:42:43] of them if uh if that does come to
[01:42:46] fruition. But, you know, really
[01:42:47] politically speaking, what what I'd love
[01:42:49] to see and what I have loved seeing is
[01:42:51] the ramp up of the ICE raids and these
[01:42:54] mass deportations because the domestic
[01:42:56] agenda is really going to come into
[01:42:59] focus now for the MAGA coalition going
[01:43:01] forward between now and those critical
[01:43:02] midterms. The most important thing, it's
[01:43:04] called Project 10 million. Jack, we need
[01:43:06] 10 million deportations in this first
[01:43:08] term. We have a million, we have a
[01:43:10] million self- deportations. We are on
[01:43:12] pace. We're getting about a what a
[01:43:14] thousand to 2,000 deportations a day
[01:43:17] right now. Is that about is maybe
[01:43:19] arrests? Maybe arrest. That doesn't
[01:43:21] include self deportation. So I'm saying
[01:43:23] we have a million self. Right. Right. So
[01:43:25] when we have nothing on the border, it's
[01:43:27] project 10 million. I like measuring
[01:43:29] stuff or else oh what success is 10
[01:43:31] million illegal alien invaders. People
[01:43:33] say we need all 21 million. We don't
[01:43:35] have the logistical capacity for that
[01:43:37] yet. 10 million is a big dent. That
[01:43:39] helps demographically, right, Blake? 10
[01:43:40] million would be a major victor. That
[01:43:42] would be a big one. And that's frankly
[01:43:44] that's one of the reasons we don't like
[01:43:45] regime change so much because this
[01:43:47] country being what it is. We could not
[01:43:48] possibly overthrow Iran's government
[01:43:50] without them being like and now a
[01:43:52] million people from Iran need to come to
[01:43:54] America. Ridiculous. So Jack, what do we
[01:43:56] now? We need to pass the big beautiful
[01:43:58] bill project 10 million. We need to
[01:44:00] write it down by the way because if we
[01:44:02] don't measure it all of a sudden we're
[01:44:03] going to end up in the summer of 2026 or
[01:44:05] the summer of 2027 be like how many
[01:44:07] people have we deported? Like 2 million.
[01:44:10] So what what then? I'm going to actually
[01:44:11] do the math in a second because
[01:44:13] self-deportation is huge. I think over 3
[01:44:15] to four million can end up being
[01:44:16] self-deportation.
[01:44:18] But Jack, go through the list here.
[01:44:19] Education, you know, spending cuts, tax
[01:44:22] cuts, dereg economy, inflation, DEI. I
[01:44:25] mean, we have to now we have to pitch a
[01:44:27] perfect game because look, I support
[01:44:29] President Trump 100%. You do, too. We're
[01:44:31] not lay we're not no criticism, but some
[01:44:33] people in the chat and some people in
[01:44:34] the emails are getting pretty fired up,
[01:44:36] right? We have to pitch a perfect game
[01:44:37] here, Jack.
[01:44:39] We do. and and if there's a man who can
[01:44:41] pitch a perfect game, it is President
[01:44:43] Trump. So, uh, no, you know, no no hits,
[01:44:47] no walks. And so when when we're looking
[01:44:49] at this, by the way, getting the no
[01:44:51] taxes on overtime, the no taxes on tips,
[01:44:54] and we've also seen it floated a couple
[01:44:56] of times here about and we know that
[01:44:58] that uh Secretary Lutnik as well as a
[01:45:02] few others have floated this idea of
[01:45:04] dropping taxes on anyone under I believe
[01:45:07] one of the thresholds they were looking
[01:45:08] at was $150,000 or so I guess that' be
[01:45:11] potentially uh 300 or so or so maybe
[01:45:14] 250k for joint filing uh for married
[01:45:16] couples. dropping income taxes federally
[01:45:19] writ large for everyone under that
[01:45:23] bracket would be something that's just
[01:45:24] absolutely huge when it comes to the
[01:45:27] president's domestic agenda. And again,
[01:45:29] Charlie, this is a huge part of what
[01:45:32] Juan Trump the swing states was the
[01:45:34] economic agenda. And this is something
[01:45:36] that, you know, we talked about for I've
[01:45:39] talked about for a long time. I've
[01:45:40] always said the two biggest issues for
[01:45:42] MAGA are trade and immigration. So, you
[01:45:44] deliver on trade and immigration. And of
[01:45:46] course, economics is all a function of
[01:45:48] trade. Then that's going to do a lot to
[01:45:51] keep the MAGA coalition together, not
[01:45:52] just for now, but even after Trump's
[01:45:55] term in office going into 2028.
[01:45:58] And so, uh, by the way, Alexandria
[01:46:00] Kaziocortez is calling for impeachment
[01:46:02] of Donald Trump. Yeah, that's And by the
[01:46:04] way,
[01:46:06] so it's a day that ends in white, right?
[01:46:08] Exactly. And so, um, just so we're
[01:46:11] clear, a lot of presidents exercise
[01:46:13] military action without prior
[01:46:15] congressional approval. The the War
[01:46:17] Powers Act is pretty broad in its scope,
[01:46:19] right, Blake? Mhm. It might might not.
[01:46:21] Yeah. Well, and a lot of it is like if
[01:46:22] the president does it really doesn't
[01:46:25] restrict launching a single strike. It
[01:46:28] restricts like open-ended commitment of
[01:46:30] the US to conflicts. And so really like
[01:46:33] one bombing strike, I can't imagine that
[01:46:35] actually does violate the War Powers
[01:46:37] Act. What it would be is if he's bombing
[01:46:39] them every single day and all of that,
[01:46:42] then you actually have to like get
[01:46:43] congressional approval to keep things
[01:46:45] going long term. So, so Blake, I want to
[01:46:49] get to some more of the the chats here,
[01:46:50] but let me just kind of read some of the
[01:46:51] emails. Freedom charliekirk.com. We're
[01:46:53] here live on Real America's Voice. By
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[01:47:05] This is a major major day. Um, so pull
[01:47:07] up some of those, Blake, but Jack, let
[01:47:09] me throw it back to you. So, Jack, from
[01:47:11] a military standpoint, I want to get the
[01:47:13] map of all of our military bases up.
[01:47:16] What What are the precautionary measures
[01:47:18] that US troops have to go through in
[01:47:21] preparation to a Iranian ballistic
[01:47:24] missile attack against a United States
[01:47:26] base in the region? Yeah, Charlie. Well,
[01:47:29] a lot of that, you know, fortunately,
[01:47:30] has already been done. And so these are
[01:47:32] going to be uh some of the messages that
[01:47:34] Secretary Hegsth sent out to the force
[01:47:37] earlier in this week. Um as well as
[01:47:39] force dispersal. So what do we mean by
[01:47:40] force dispersal? That means so in a
[01:47:42] Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor like let's
[01:47:44] let's go back to Pearl Harbor um as you
[01:47:47] know December 7th, 1941 as as a
[01:47:49] successful quote unquote military strike
[01:47:51] of the Japanese on a naval base. Well,
[01:47:54] one of the reasons it was so successful
[01:47:56] in uh in in large was because of the
[01:48:00] fleet sitting there tied to pierside,
[01:48:03] tied dockside. So, you had so much of it
[01:48:05] right there at the Pearl Harbor air uh
[01:48:07] excuse me, Navy base obviously in uh in
[01:48:09] Hawaii that weren't able to get off. And
[01:48:11] so, those kamicazis, the bombers,
[01:48:14] everything that that the uh the Japanese
[01:48:16] Navy was able to hit at it were there
[01:48:18] because they were in one central
[01:48:19] localized uh loc facility. Interestingly
[01:48:23] enough, a number of the aircraft
[01:48:24] carriers were actually out on maneuvers
[01:48:26] on that day and that's one of the
[01:48:28] reasons that the United States Navy
[01:48:29] switched to aircraft carrier strike
[01:48:31] following Pearl Harbor. But so since
[01:48:33] then, one of the one of the strategies
[01:48:35] has always been disperse your assets. So
[01:48:38] get your get your ships over operating
[01:48:39] in different areas. Uh move your
[01:48:41] aircraft over, get them to different
[01:48:43] places. If you've got civilians,
[01:48:44] obviously many of these bases, uh my
[01:48:48] I'm not my I had a family member who was
[01:48:50] living on the Bahrain Naval Base at one
[01:48:53] point. Uh they're not there currently,
[01:48:55] but um you know, had their entire family
[01:48:57] there and was living, you know, living
[01:48:59] on base. So, a lot of these families
[01:49:00] have gotten out and uh and at the same
[01:49:03] time though, there are still people that
[01:49:05] are within range there. So, you know,
[01:49:07] you're going to be looking for what's
[01:49:08] our force protection level? What are we
[01:49:10] looking for in terms of air defense to
[01:49:13] make sure that those are all manned to
[01:49:14] put you're going to be put on high alert
[01:49:16] and so hopefully all non-essential
[01:49:18] personnel have been evacuated at this
[01:49:21] point or at least safe places simply
[01:49:23] just just outside of the base and
[01:49:26] getting to places and and this is what
[01:49:28] by the way a lot of the embassies in any
[01:49:31] of these areas are focused on on a
[01:49:33] regular basis. Now, one thing that I've
[01:49:35] been looking for and I haven't noticed
[01:49:37] are the mass evacuations of US citizens
[01:49:40] from anywhere. You'd call it a NEO or a
[01:49:43] non-combatant evacuation operation. And
[01:49:45] we haven't seen a NEO in any of the
[01:49:48] locations really around the Gulf since
[01:49:51] the start of this conflict. And now,
[01:49:53] there have been limited evacuations, but
[01:49:55] not a full-scale NEO. And so that tells
[01:49:57] me that they're they're expecting
[01:49:59] potentially some reprisal, but not
[01:50:01] anything, at least at this point, that
[01:50:03] would resemble a whole scale war. Uh CNN
[01:50:06] uh is saying two bump bunker busters
[01:50:09] were dropped on Natants. Uh Navy
[01:50:11] submarines launched 30 um Tomahawk
[01:50:14] cruise missiles and there were two
[01:50:16] bunker busters. They're saying they
[01:50:17] dropped a dozen bunker. The the link
[01:50:21] says two. Yeah. On Natans, but they're
[01:50:22] saying we dropped a dozen on Fordo. a
[01:50:25] dozen bunker busters. I wonder if they
[01:50:27] that we have several bunker busters like
[01:50:29] we have that 30,000 pound one that's
[01:50:32] like very powerful. We have lesser ones.
[01:50:34] So maybe there's an aspect of that like
[01:50:36] maybe each of them the ordinance the the
[01:50:40] ordinance question and the battle. So if
[01:50:42] I could just make a point on this real
[01:50:43] quick that I'm seeing so many disperate
[01:50:47] reports on what exactly was dropped,
[01:50:49] what was fired, what went out when it
[01:50:52] did. You know, I I'm I'm not sure.
[01:50:55] Right. Right. I'm going to go with the
[01:50:56] president on what he said because that's
[01:50:57] the only real official word that we have
[01:50:59] thus far. Um perhaps Secretary Hegsath
[01:51:02] or his office will put out something a
[01:51:03] little bit more clarifying or uh
[01:51:07] definitional in terms of what came out
[01:51:09] because there's a lot of strange, you
[01:51:12] know, numbers floating around. And when
[01:51:13] I say strange, I mean they they're sort
[01:51:15] of, you know, one person says it was 12,
[01:51:17] one person says it was six, one person
[01:51:18] says it was two. And so I'm really
[01:51:20] waiting to hear some kind of official
[01:51:21] word, you know, if if we get one or not
[01:51:23] on what specifically was dropped. But
[01:51:26] then writ large, of course, Charlie, as
[01:51:28] you've been saying, you know, we really
[01:51:29] do need to figure out what the battle
[01:51:31] damage assessment here is of these
[01:51:33] facilities, in particular, the facility
[01:51:35] of Fordo. And that's going to be hard to
[01:51:36] do. You know, it's it's almost like uh
[01:51:38] it's almost like bombing a pyramid and
[01:51:40] then trying to figure out what happened
[01:51:42] to the pharaoh's tomb underneath. And
[01:51:44] it's going to be very hard to do that
[01:51:45] with signals intelligence. It's going to
[01:51:47] be very hard to do that with imagery or
[01:51:49] satellite u satellite imagery. And so
[01:51:52] this is something where uh whether or
[01:51:53] not has that network still in place
[01:51:56] within Iran is going to be very critical
[01:51:59] and whether or not CIA has assets as
[01:52:01] well because you really need that human
[01:52:03] intelligence to understand what was
[01:52:05] lost, whether the centrifuges were taken
[01:52:07] out, how much of this thing is, you
[01:52:10] know, still at um you know recoverable
[01:52:12] in in any way. So, a lot of these
[01:52:14] questions are directly tied to the
[01:52:16] amount of ordinance used. And and by the
[01:52:18] way, this is a process called battle
[01:52:20] damage assessment. It is an art. It is a
[01:52:22] discipline. And it would follow any
[01:52:23] military strike, large or small, as
[01:52:26] you're going through. And so, you know,
[01:52:27] when I'm asking these questions, these
[01:52:29] are the same questions I would ask about
[01:52:30] any strike package or target package
[01:52:33] that were being put together in the
[01:52:34] military, because that's what we do
[01:52:35] every single time. Blake, uh, let's get
[01:52:38] to some of the, uh, the super chats
[01:52:40] here, but first, I want to just
[01:52:41] encourage you guys, email us your
[01:52:42] thoughts. I'm reading them live here on
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[01:52:45] you're at. Freedom at charlariekirk.com.
[01:52:47] Freedom at charlariekirk.com. Blake. All
[01:52:49] right, let's get a few more. Bobby
[01:52:50] Gonzalez uh says, "Charlie swayed me
[01:52:52] away from the left." Pick picking up W's
[01:52:55] all over the place. I'm gonna I'm going
[01:52:56] to send you a signed hat. Barbie Bobby.
[01:52:58] Bobby Gonzalez. Bobby. All right. Glad
[01:53:01] it wasn't Barbie. Shoot an email if
[01:53:02] you're Bobby Gonzalez because that was a
[01:53:03] YouTube one. So, freedom
[01:53:05] charliekirk.com. Bobby, not Barbie. I
[01:53:07] don't want to see any emails from
[01:53:08] Barbie. We We did get a Barbie sub,
[01:53:11] didn't we? Barbie's a legit name. Yeah.
[01:53:13] Yeah. No, yeah, it is. Barbara. Uh,
[01:53:14] Susie gave $5. Charlie, I love
[01:53:16] everything you say. Always correct.
[01:53:18] Maybe you should be the next president.
[01:53:20] Well, are you old enough to run in 28?
[01:53:22] Not that you would, of course, run
[01:53:23] against her. I would be old enough only
[01:53:26] on the October before the election. That
[01:53:28] That's old enough. I would be running as
[01:53:30] a 34 year old. Oh, boy. I'm not running
[01:53:32] for office, by the way. I'm not running.
[01:53:33] I'm just be I did the math the other day
[01:53:35] cuz someone was like, "Are you old
[01:53:36] enough?" I'm like, "I don't know." And
[01:53:38] so I would be 35 by the election and 35
[01:53:41] by the inaugurate. Uh Karen donated $5
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[01:53:46] it. Just uh the hippos, man. Uh Scott
[01:53:49] Brady donated $50. Thank you very much.
[01:53:51] I pray that my great grandchildren will
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[01:53:55] because of President Trump's decision
[01:53:57] today, June 21st, 2025. Now is the time
[01:54:00] to move forward with calm emotions and
[01:54:02] pray for God's direction. Amen. Scott.
[01:54:06] Uh, do we have some more here? Uh, Tika
[01:54:08] Lynn, $10. Israel does not need our
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[01:54:13] We are blessed through Israel. They are
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[01:54:36] Uh, Vavine Benny Vavven, sorry if I said
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[01:54:58] others? Uh, yes, we have a few. Uh,
[01:55:01] let's see. Jason H. Hey, Charlie. I am
[01:55:04] going to serve in the military and I'm
[01:55:05] worried that I may fight in an endless
[01:55:08] useless war. We are all worried about
[01:55:10] that. We do not want that to happen. Uh,
[01:55:14] Jackson asks, "How many new members will
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[01:55:28] proof of subscription. Oo, I like this
[01:55:30] guy. Uh, Ben says, "Charlie, come visit
[01:55:32] the cyber city in Chongqing, China. You
[01:55:36] are going to want to see how much China
[01:55:37] has progressed infrastructure-wise while
[01:55:39] the Biden Harris administration have
[01:55:41] made America lagbine." I think that
[01:55:43] would be a fun trip if we ever got
[01:55:44] Charlie to go to China and like see what
[01:55:46] it looks like. Oh, I want to. No, no, I
[01:55:48] want, by the way, I one day I want to go
[01:55:50] to Iran. I want to see it. Isvahan is,
[01:55:52] you know, where we bomb one of those
[01:55:54] sites. Isvan is like the kind of one of
[01:55:55] the religious centers of Iran. It's got
[01:55:57] some very fascinating stuff. Uh I would
[01:55:59] love to see that too. Uh probably not
[01:56:02] anytime soon though. Uh Adam donated
[01:56:05] $10. I would much rather we go this
[01:56:06] route and stop Iran from creating a
[01:56:08] nuclear bomb than see them erase Israel.
[01:56:10] Iran has a very evil ideology. Wait,
[01:56:12] wait, wait. Chat, chat, yes or no.
[01:56:15] Should we send Blake to Iran?
[01:56:19] Guys, what do you think? You could be
[01:56:21] the Charlie Kirk show ambassador. Oh
[01:56:23] dear. So, what do you Blake? You're
[01:56:25] going to have to grow your beard out
[01:56:26] again. We We have a ton of Rumble chats,
[01:56:28] too. But let me let me just read one
[01:56:30] important email here. Freedom at
[01:56:31] charliekirk.com because there's reports
[01:56:33] that Iran now claims they're going to
[01:56:35] accelerate themselves towards a nuclear
[01:56:37] bomb. This could potentially be a series
[01:56:40] of bombing campaigns over months and
[01:56:42] years. That that is the most uh boomer
[01:56:46] bearish dooming uh interpretation. If
[01:56:49] Iran just keeps on saying they want a
[01:56:50] nuclear bomb, this has to be a um uh a
[01:56:55] series of these types of campaigns.
[01:56:57] Blake, keep going. Oh, I want to hit
[01:56:58] those rumble words you brought. Caller,
[01:57:00] one of the guys who brought up the
[01:57:01] Scoffield Bible earlier. He says,
[01:57:02] "Scield notes are still wrong." Uh well,
[01:57:05] they might be, but thank you for
[01:57:07] acknowledging their notes, not they act
[01:57:08] as if it's like the Book of Mormon, like
[01:57:11] a different book. It's not. It is. It is
[01:57:14] the New King James Version with notes by
[01:57:17] Scoffield. Just saying. Yuan Yuan 512
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[01:57:27] future would be hurt. He would not have
[01:57:29] taken this action if he didn't believe
[01:57:30] it was absolutely needed for our the
[01:57:33] United States, not Israel's safety." Uh,
[01:57:36] thank you for that, Farm Life. Uh, Shank
[01:57:39] says, "As long as the Straight of Hormuz
[01:57:41] is not blocked, uh, then let's
[01:57:43] negotiate." Uh, Fatal Investing donated
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[01:57:50] but this is a major blow for me." He
[01:57:53] struck them or whoop, sorry. Uh, I will
[01:57:56] support him and hope he continues with
[01:57:57] the agenda, but I will be abstaining
[01:57:59] from the 2026 and 2028 elections. I'm
[01:58:03] sorry. This has consequences and I'm
[01:58:05] from Pennsylvania. Uh, so that is an
[01:58:08] interesting take to have. just I'm, you
[01:58:11] know, I'm I'm impressed by like the
[01:58:12] maturity to say like I we'll see if this
[01:58:15] succeeds, but I just believe it has to
[01:58:16] have consequences, so I won't vote. I
[01:58:18] wonder how many people feel that way.
[01:58:20] It's or guys, it's just it's the summer
[01:58:22] of 2025. If we're talking about this in
[01:58:24] the summer of June next year, then I'll
[01:58:26] I'll give you some credence to that. Uh
[01:58:28] Todd 12, uh he donated $5 twice. He
[01:58:31] says, uh what you're saying is screw the
[01:58:33] Iranian people and they should or can
[01:58:35] never be free again. I don't think we're
[01:58:37] saying screw the Iranian people. No, not
[01:58:39] at all. Actually, we're actually
[01:58:40] cheering for the Iranian people. We just
[01:58:41] don't want to forcefully take out the
[01:58:43] Ayatollah cuz you might get something
[01:58:45] much worse and a lot of refugees. And uh
[01:58:48] some people have said that though. And
[01:58:49] and Charlie, I know you got that that
[01:58:51] phone call and that's going pretty
[01:58:52] viral. Um and and I I I want to be clear
[01:58:55] that I I certainly don't feel that way
[01:58:57] towards the Iranian people at all. As a
[01:59:00] matter of fact, I don't think that, you
[01:59:02] know, they bear or or any regime uh
[01:59:05] regime's people bear responsibility for
[01:59:07] its actions. Of course not. No, I mean
[01:59:09] like yes, someone called into our show
[01:59:10] that the episode will air on Sunday, but
[01:59:12] it's on it's the non um uh it's on
[01:59:17] podcast. Literally like a guy wanted to
[01:59:19] drop a neutron bomb on a rock. Neutron
[01:59:21] bombs. Crazy. Uh we got our first Tucker
[01:59:25] 2028 message. Midwest Griller.
[01:59:28] So that I wonder if we'll see that
[01:59:30] friction point grow or recede. Uh cuz
[01:59:33] Tucker was I think it's going to be
[01:59:34] fine.
[01:59:35] He was very correct on the uh on the
[01:59:37] Elon Musk prediction. He said that would
[01:59:39] get resolved by November and it got
[01:59:40] resolved by the following week. Yeah, I
[01:59:42] was I was like I was a little bit
[01:59:44] shorter. I was a bit I was a bit long.
[01:59:46] Hey, but I was I said bye. Oh, yes. No,
[01:59:48] no, no, no. I'm saying you were super
[01:59:49] correct. You were you were given
[01:59:51] six-month window and you were right
[01:59:52] within a week. That was that was
[01:59:54] impressive. I was I was not nearly as
[01:59:56] optimistic on that one. Um thank you
[01:59:59] very much again all the donations. We
[02:00:01] appreciate all the different takes and
[02:00:03] we're seeing a this is one of I feel
[02:00:04] like one of the biggest ranges of
[02:00:06] opinion we've seen. We're seeing sharply
[02:00:08] against this. We're seeing sharply in
[02:00:10] favor. We're seeing a lot of wait and
[02:00:12] see or I trust Trump even if I'm
[02:00:15] skeptical. We're really seeing a whole
[02:00:18] spectrum of opinions on this. Uh Eric
[02:00:21] Day $20. My wife and I support Trump.
[02:00:24] Thank you Charlie and team for all you
[02:00:25] do. In God we trust. And that's the
[02:00:28] truest thing. We we put our trust in the
[02:00:30] almighty that this will work out to his
[02:00:33] benefit and the benefit of those who
[02:00:35] follow him. Uh SM said Trump just
[02:00:39] fractured his base. He didn't have the
[02:00:40] margin to do this and it will cost him.
[02:00:43] Get Apac influence chokeold out of the
[02:00:46] GOP. That's that's a podcast topic for
[02:00:49] another time. We're not going to address
[02:00:50] that tonight. Uh any others? Uh more if
[02:00:54] I can give you there's there's so many
[02:00:56] uh every Let me ask you let me ask to
[02:00:58] the audience freedom charlariekirk.com
[02:01:00] because I learned so much. By the way,
[02:01:00] you know how many emails you have? You
[02:01:01] have 4,000 emails in just the last 4,000
[02:01:04] in just the last like 30 minutes. Yeah.
[02:01:05] I mean, and I have them all pulled up
[02:01:06] here so I can kind of get it because I
[02:01:08] can read the subject line. I can read a
[02:01:09] lot of this. So guys, email me freedom
[02:01:11] charliekirk.com. If this escalates
[02:01:12] further, would you support that or do
[02:01:14] you want this to kind of be a oneandone?
[02:01:16] Do you guys want this to be just kind of
[02:01:19] over? Um, or do you want this to kind of
[02:01:23] Would would you be okay with this
[02:01:24] escalating more and more? Um, freedom
[02:01:27] charliekirk.com. Jack, can you read some
[02:01:29] of the stuff you're messaging me? I
[02:01:31] don't know. Just some of the stuff that
[02:01:33] Iran state news agency says that Fordo
[02:01:35] facility did not notice any signs of a
[02:01:37] major explosion. This could just be
[02:01:39] cope. This could just be uh Iranian
[02:01:42] propaganda. But what is this? Yeah. No,
[02:01:45] Charlie. I mean, like like we're all
[02:01:47] doing, we're trying to figure out
[02:01:48] exactly what's going on here. So, you
[02:01:50] know, thanks to uh the internet, we have
[02:01:53] the ability to read both sides. And so,
[02:01:55] I'm, you know, I'm reading what US is
[02:01:56] putting out. I'm reading what Iranian
[02:01:57] sources are putting out, Israeli
[02:01:59] sources, and it seems like Iran is doing
[02:02:02] everything they can to downplay this.
[02:02:05] Uh, and certainly that's being done for
[02:02:07] internal consumption. So, uh, the Comm
[02:02:10] Province Crisis Management Center is
[02:02:12] saying there is no threat to the
[02:02:13] residents of Comb or the surrounding
[02:02:16] areas. Uh there's a there's a report
[02:02:19] where they're saying that uh the Iran
[02:02:22] state news agency is saying the traffic
[02:02:23] in the city and along the calm Isvahan
[02:02:26] highway is reportedly flowing normally.
[02:02:30] no traces of contamination following
[02:02:32] strikes on US nuclear facilities and
[02:02:35] sort of back and forth they're saying
[02:02:37] that um let's see let's see let's see
[02:02:40] only okay so this is Iranian MP says
[02:02:42] there's no serious damage to Fordo only
[02:02:44] ground structures were damaged which are
[02:02:46] easy to restore no radiation emissions
[02:02:48] were recorded the evacuation was carried
[02:02:50] out in advance and so they're they're
[02:02:52] really putting out as much as possible
[02:02:54] that saying hey there's no fire there's
[02:02:56] no debris they're really so they're
[02:02:58] really doing as much as they can to
[02:02:59] downplay But at the same time, they're
[02:03:01] also publicly stating that they want to
[02:03:05] retaliate and that there will be serious
[02:03:07] retaliation against the US. Um, you
[02:03:10] know, people on Iranian television
[02:03:11] saying, "You started it, we finish it.
[02:03:13] We're coming for all of your military
[02:03:15] bases. We're coming for all of your air
[02:03:17] bases." They're putting up the same maps
[02:03:19] that we are of all the US military bases
[02:03:22] within range of Iranian forces. And uh,
[02:03:25] and just again and again, pretty pretty
[02:03:27] much exactly what you would expect them
[02:03:28] to be saying right now. Let's go to cut
[02:03:30] 286. The CNN report here. Uh 286.
[02:03:35] Here's the latest the latest
[02:03:36] developments on this major breaking news
[02:03:39] that we're following. Breaking news in
[02:03:40] Iran. American bombers have struck.
[02:03:43] Three, not one, not two, but three
[02:03:46] nuclear sites, major nuclear sites
[02:03:48] inside Iran. Those sites, Fordo,
[02:03:51] Isvahan, and Natans. They're considered
[02:03:54] the heart of Iran's nuclear ambitions.
[02:03:57] Israeli Israel had struck targeted
[02:04:00] Israel had tried to target them in the
[02:04:02] past. But a US official tells CNN that
[02:04:05] the US used not one, not two, but six B2
[02:04:09] bombers and 12 bunker buster bombs. And
[02:04:13] that was just at the Fordo site. Sources
[02:04:16] tell CNN that the US told Iran through
[02:04:18] back channel discussions that the
[02:04:21] strikes would be contained and no
[02:04:23] further strikes were planned, at least
[02:04:25] not yet.
[02:04:27] Okay. Um, Israeli Army Radio reports the
[02:04:30] US did not attack the enrichment
[02:04:31] facility in Istvahan that Israel had
[02:04:33] attacked, but another site that was
[02:04:35] carved into a mountain where enriched
[02:04:36] material was hidden. So, uh, that is
[02:04:40] that makes you that actually makes me
[02:04:42] worry a little bit where it's good if
[02:04:44] they found a spot where material was
[02:04:46] hidden, but I feel like okay, if there's
[02:04:49] one site where they were hiding stuff
[02:04:50] and we found it, how many are there
[02:04:53] where they're hiding things and we
[02:04:54] didn't find it? The Persian people are
[02:04:56] very smart. This is not the Taliban. I
[02:04:59] This is not the Taliban, okay? The
[02:05:01] Persian people were once great people
[02:05:03] with very high IQs. Let me read to you
[02:05:05] from a top reporter uh who will remain
[02:05:07] nameless, but very well sourced. By the
[02:05:09] way, just so you know, from from this uh
[02:05:11] the the text the text I got at 4:20
[02:05:14] a.m., which I didn't read because my
[02:05:15] phone was off uh from a different
[02:05:17] source. Hey, I think it's happening
[02:05:20] tonight. I didn't again. My phone was
[02:05:22] off, so now it's happened. So, you know,
[02:05:24] just my our sources are good. That's why
[02:05:26] you should watch our program, right,
[02:05:27] Jack? Because you and I have the best.
[02:05:29] We have great sources here. Um, and
[02:05:31] Andrew would agree. Okay. Uh, what did
[02:05:34] the reporter say? Yeah. Quote, I really
[02:05:35] hope I am wrong, but I think Israel is
[02:05:38] now going to push for regime change. And
[02:05:40] now Trump will own it.
[02:05:42] And remember what, Andrew, what have we
[02:05:44] been pushing all week? No regime change.
[02:05:46] No regime change. No regime change. And
[02:05:48] Andrew, remember, was Andrew here? Is
[02:05:49] Andrew gone? And um, I'm here.
[02:05:52] No choppy. Oh boy. Um, we we'll try
[02:05:56] here. But remember, people said, "Oh, no
[02:05:58] one's pushing for regime change." I
[02:06:00] think it's fair to say that we actually
[02:06:02] saw where this argument was going in
[02:06:04] advance. Now, by regime change, what do
[02:06:07] we mean? If the people want to rise up
[02:06:09] and do it themselves, legit respect.
[02:06:12] We'll cheerlead them on. We'll give them
[02:06:14] moral support. We'll pipe internet.
[02:06:15] Whatever. We're talking about forcibly
[02:06:17] displacing a leader with military
[02:06:20] assassination.
[02:06:21] Andrew.
[02:06:23] Yeah. Here's the problem, Charlie, if
[02:06:25] you can hear me. That Yes, we can. They
[02:06:28] Okay. Is that you don't know where this
[02:06:30] leads? You hit their nuclear sites. If
[02:06:34] they strike back, we have to then hit
[02:06:37] them back. And at that point, if nuclear
[02:06:41] weapons is a mindset, like you said, if
[02:06:43] the only way to get rid of nuclear is to
[02:06:45] take out the regime, the leaders of that
[02:06:47] of the nation. So, you don't know where
[02:06:49] this goes. You cannot predict how they
[02:06:52] will respond. They at this point you may
[02:06:55] have radicalized them. Uh there was a
[02:06:58] mention that poly market the odds of
[02:06:59] them trying now to develop an actual
[02:07:02] weapon has now gone up because now now
[02:07:05] now they know that they are under siege
[02:07:08] that we mean business. So they better
[02:07:10] meet force with force and that's the big
[02:07:12] risk here and that's why we've been
[02:07:14] against this the whole way. And by the
[02:07:16] way, Charlie, if you wouldn't have
[02:07:18] spoken up so loudly, some other voices
[02:07:20] like Jack Bannon, Tucker saying, "Hey,
[02:07:23] no regime change," do you think these
[02:07:25] insane people in DC would have stepped
[02:07:28] back even an an inch? No. They would
[02:07:31] have like it only would have gathered
[02:07:33] momentum if nobody would have pushed
[02:07:35] back. And so now that you've unleashed
[02:07:37] Pandora's box, there's no way to fully
[02:07:39] predict what's going to happen next. So
[02:07:42] Blake, let me ask you a question. By the
[02:07:43] way, email us freedom charliekirk.com
[02:07:45] and subscribe to our podcast at the
[02:07:47] Charlie Kirk Show podcast page. Uh,
[02:07:49] we're getting a lot of emails here. So,
[02:07:51] let me ask you a question, Blake. Do you
[02:07:53] give any credence at all to the idea
[02:07:54] they might already have a nuclear bomb?
[02:07:58] I doubt it. I feel like this sounds
[02:08:01] weird to say. I feel like if they had
[02:08:02] it, they'd announce it. They would say,
[02:08:04] "We have a nuclear bomb. Do anything at
[02:08:06] your own risk." Because
[02:08:09] the value of any weapon like this is its
[02:08:12] deterrent power. There's not a lot of
[02:08:14] value in having nuclear weapons
[02:08:16] secretly. The closest you get is
[02:08:18] Israel's never really publicly admitted
[02:08:20] they have nuclear weapons. I think maybe
[02:08:22] they did once a few years ago, but for a
[02:08:24] long time theirs was secret, but that
[02:08:26] was a lot about not getting sanctioned.
[02:08:29] They they had their reasons for doing
[02:08:31] it. But
[02:08:32] I don't feel there's a lot of value in
[02:08:34] Iran if they if they're just concealing
[02:08:36] that they have a nuclear weapon. The
[02:08:37] entire point kind of of this is the
[02:08:39] deterrent value, the sort of the ability
[02:08:42] to check people trying to overthrow the
[02:08:44] regime. So, uh, breaking news from the
[02:08:46] New York Times, just kind of awesome
[02:08:48] military stuff that you'll love. The
[02:08:50] bombers that did this, uh, flew non-stop
[02:08:52] for 37 hours from their base in
[02:08:54] Missouri. So, the bombers they had in
[02:08:57] Guam was just a total diversion all the
[02:08:59] way from Missouri. That's a long flight.
[02:09:02] I mean I mean but so there's three
[02:09:03] pilots, three four pilots apparently
[02:09:06] inside a B2 bomber there's a bed and a
[02:09:08] toilet. Um I was literally about to ask
[02:09:10] do they have to wear a diaper or do they
[02:09:11] have to? No, I mean it's insane. Like
[02:09:13] actually I bet they get I bet they take
[02:09:15] drugs though. They have to focus drugs
[02:09:17] like like aderall equivalents like you
[02:09:20] have to or if they have a team. Jack's
[02:09:21] our military guy. Jack, come on. You got
[02:09:23] they got to take something right for
[02:09:24] focus. I mean I mean uh you know there's
[02:09:28] there's there's go pills, you know,
[02:09:30] there's things like that. I mean I
[02:09:31] wouldn't say drugs but you know there
[02:09:33] are certain um you know there are
[02:09:35] certain certain supplements that uh have
[02:09:37] been known to be it's very funny our
[02:09:39] Andrew knows this friend our our our
[02:09:42] former intel friend I'll never forget
[02:09:44] this and he uh we were doing a book tour
[02:09:47] this is right remember the co thing
[02:09:49] Andrew we did like the book tour with me
[02:09:51] doctrine and he was like hey take this
[02:09:52] pill I always take it whenever I land in
[02:09:54] country and it really helps me focus
[02:09:57] remember I took it I did not sleep for
[02:09:59] two days I remember I literally could
[02:10:01] not sl I was like, "What is going on?"
[02:10:02] And I remember taking this pill, Jack,
[02:10:04] that stuff's insane. Like, so Charlie,
[02:10:07] let me ask you this. Unbelievable. So,
[02:10:09] after you took the go pills, you you you
[02:10:12] were up for two days, but then what
[02:10:13] happened after? Did you crash right
[02:10:15] after those two days? Like wrecked for
[02:10:18] like a whole day. You were just like
[02:10:19] out, right? I was done. Yes. Yeah.
[02:10:21] That's basically how they're designed.
[02:10:24] Um I have no idea what the science is on
[02:10:26] this, but it's like you're up for two
[02:10:29] days. You're just up and you're not like
[02:10:32] you're not like crazy wired. It's not
[02:10:34] like drinking an energy drink or
[02:10:35] something like that or like you know
[02:10:37] pre-workout where you're just like oh
[02:10:38] and I want to go. You're just awake.
[02:10:40] Different. No, no. I That's exactly
[02:10:41] right. You're wired but not tired price.
[02:10:44] Wired but not tired. Would you pay the
[02:10:46] price? So like coffee and caffeine
[02:10:49] reduce your body's production of
[02:10:51] adenisonin where this does something
[02:10:53] totally different. This is like weird
[02:10:56] kind of focus. Anyway, it's very hard to
[02:10:58] explain. Didn't Didn't they give that to
[02:11:00] like the the the Nazi soldiers? They
[02:11:02] were all on uh
[02:11:04] Oh, no. They were like, what were the
[02:11:06] Nazis on? They were on all sorts. I
[02:11:08] think they took they had some sort of
[02:11:09] they had either amphetamines or even
[02:11:11] maybe meth like they I can't remember
[02:11:13] the exact specifics. They were up for
[02:11:15] like three days straight. Yeah. Yeah.
[02:11:16] They would take they would take
[02:11:17] stimulants for big operations. I'm
[02:11:19] reading now. In addition to the bed and
[02:11:20] toilet, they also have a microwave and
[02:11:22] the the plane is heavily automated. So
[02:11:24] one imagine if like the operation got
[02:11:26] screwed up because of a hot pocket. Like
[02:11:29] he bites into it and it's too hot and
[02:11:31] No, the microwave like blows up. Mr.
[02:11:33] President, we were not able to bomb
[02:11:35] Fordo tonight. Why? Well, sir, uh,
[02:11:39] somebody decided to keep the hot pocket
[02:11:40] in the microwave for too long. He He
[02:11:42] made him yank on the controls and they
[02:11:44] went into a tail spin and crashed.
[02:11:46] There's only 21 of these bombers in
[02:11:49] existence. That's uh a little surprising
[02:11:51] to me. I thought there'd be more, but
[02:11:53] they're $2 billion a piece. I don't
[02:11:55] think any other country has a similar
[02:11:57] type technology. Does Russia do? I think
[02:11:59] they have something, but other countries
[02:12:01] are getting more stealth aircraft. I
[02:12:02] don't know if they have stealth
[02:12:03] strategic bombers. You get stealth
[02:12:05] fighters for sure. I don't know if
[02:12:06] anyone has a big bomber like we do. I
[02:12:08] mean, it is a pretty incredible
[02:12:09] aircraft. Just I mean, it's it's
[02:12:11] something. And they they used it in
[02:12:14] Serbia, Yugoslavia, I think, back in the
[02:12:16] ' 90s. And it's a lot of our UFO
[02:12:18] sightings from the 70s and 80s are
[02:12:19] apparently from when we were testing it.
[02:12:21] Is that right? Yeah. That's funny. Uh,
[02:12:24] email us freedom at charliekirk.com. The
[02:12:26] wingspan is 172 feet.
[02:12:29] 172 feet. Just to put that in
[02:12:30] perspective. It's incredible. Okay. Um,
[02:12:34] we're going to wrap this in a second,
[02:12:35] but I do want to Do we have more super
[02:12:36] chats we have to read? Uh, let's see.
[02:12:39] Ryan, send them to me if we've got them.
[02:12:41] I'm going to read this tweet that I
[02:12:42] wrote because I liked it because I
[02:12:44] tweeted it. Um, and I think it's
[02:12:46] important. Let me read this for everyone
[02:12:47] on air because I like the way I worded
[02:12:48] it. It's right here.
[02:12:52] Okay. Uh, in times like this, I find a
[02:12:55] lot of people stay stuff say stuff
[02:12:57] they'll end up regretting. Hyper
[02:12:59] emotionality should be dismissed.
[02:13:01] Rejoicing because we dropped the bomb
[02:13:03] should be met with humility. Dooming
[02:13:05] should be met with cautionary optimism.
[02:13:07] The world is not over. Our best days are
[02:13:09] ahead.
[02:13:11] What? Uh someone someone just asked if
[02:13:13] our uh white blue US flag is Epstein
[02:13:16] inspired.
[02:13:19] No people guys. Did they pay for that?
[02:13:22] Yeah, they paid they paid $20 for that.
[02:13:25] All right, your loss. Our game. Thanks
[02:13:27] for making us laugh. I will I will
[02:13:29] literally take those $20 and Oh, buy
[02:13:31] everyone pizza. Excellent. Excellent. We
[02:13:34] not everyone is so deranged. Lov78 says
[02:13:36] uh God bless President Trump, our
[02:13:38] country, and our armed forces. I trust
[02:13:40] and support Trump. Thank you, Charlie,
[02:13:42] for all you do. In Jesus, I trust. Uh we
[02:13:45] have uh Karen's 21-21 says, "This was
[02:13:49] never about a nuke. It was always about
[02:13:51] installing a friendly regime. Saddam
[02:13:53] 2.0."
[02:13:55] Uh Shane, who show has sent us several
[02:13:58] messages uh donations over the course of
[02:13:59] the night, so thank you. I think he's
[02:14:01] over $50 at this point. Uh he says, "If
[02:14:04] this escalates further, they need to get
[02:14:06] hit a heck of a lot harder." Uh he we
[02:14:09] asked if we would support it if it was
[02:14:10] escalated and he says uh FAFO no nuke.
[02:14:15] So that's one vote for going as far as
[02:14:18] we need to. Um
[02:14:22] let's see.
[02:14:24] Hine 115 says, "God bless America for
[02:14:26] standing with Israel in fulfilling his
[02:14:28] God's plan and promises of salvation."
[02:14:31] Uh Charles Amber says, "My name is also
[02:14:35] Charlie. I've been going to Trump
[02:14:36] rallies since I was 17. You have been a
[02:14:38] huge inspiration. All I want is a
[02:14:39] Charlie Kirk signed hat. Thank you for
[02:14:41] everything. So, I guess he should send
[02:14:44] an email to Freedom at Charlie Kirk to
[02:14:46] get that hat. Uh or sign up as a member.
[02:14:48] That's the other way to do it. Uh Sean
[02:14:50] Porter, $99, $100. Thank you very much,
[02:14:53] Sean. I would love to see this work out.
[02:14:55] I have my reservations about it. I voted
[02:14:57] for Trump the first time this last
[02:14:59] election as an 18-year-old, but I voted
[02:15:02] for peace. I hope that happens. Glad to
[02:15:05] be a new member. Uh Cole and others have
[02:15:08] asked how do you think Iran will
[02:15:10] retaliate?
[02:15:12] I don't know. We don't know. They we we
[02:15:14] don't know. We will just sadly we are in
[02:15:16] that part where we have to wait and see.
[02:15:18] Uh the ball is in their court right now.
[02:15:21] Uh
[02:15:22] Landon donated $20. He says, "I am
[02:15:25] mixed, but I have full support for
[02:15:26] Trump. I am 23. I voted for Biden back
[02:15:29] in 2020, but you Charlie and my family
[02:15:32] convinced me to go MAGA."
[02:15:34] hashtagvance2028.
[02:15:37] Uh, another I can't see what theirs was,
[02:15:40] but they said, "What if this attack
[02:15:42] cements uh Israel as a regional power in
[02:15:44] the Middle East? Would this help the US
[02:15:46] size down our own footprint in the
[02:15:48] region? Perhaps the Abraham Accord
[02:15:50] countries could take up responsibility
[02:15:52] for regional security." He is an age 39
[02:15:55] Fallujah veteran. I think that would be
[02:15:57] the the best case outcome would be if we
[02:15:59] could step away from the Middle East
[02:16:01] because we have allies who are ready to
[02:16:03] step forward. Um that would be great
[02:16:05] like if Saudi Arabia Saudi and the UAE
[02:16:07] need to start militarizing. Yeah, they
[02:16:08] should they should militarize and if
[02:16:10] they sign the Abraham Accords that would
[02:16:11] be great. I think UAE already did.
[02:16:13] Correct. Um but Saudis haven't. That's
[02:16:16] all complicated. I think they would like
[02:16:17] to but there's issues. They couldn't do
[02:16:19] it while there's still a war in Gaza
[02:16:21] because they have some nominal support
[02:16:22] there. It's complicated. But none of the
[02:16:25] Sunni countries in the Gulf are are d
[02:16:27] are like eager to flip out over a Shia
[02:16:30] government that hates them getting hit.
[02:16:32] That's one of those internal Islamic
[02:16:34] disputes. Uh Brenda, I am a MAGA boomer
[02:16:38] and a member. When it comes to all
[02:16:39] things military for the good of our
[02:16:41] country, it's complicated. I continue to
[02:16:43] trust President Trump and I'm taking a
[02:16:45] wait and see attitude. Mr. Green, any
[02:16:48] thoughts on Iran saying uh for Joe has
[02:16:51] been completely emptied and evacuated?
[02:16:53] Iran says a lot of things that that's
[02:16:55] our that's our take on that. Yeah, I
[02:16:57] mean honestly they they have be they
[02:16:58] have fooled themselves so many times on
[02:16:59] social. You shouldn't believe anything
[02:17:01] they say at this point. Shial, hello
[02:17:03] from Taiwan. Donated 330 in whatever
[02:17:06] Taiwan's currency is. Uh I appreciate
[02:17:09] American people and America uh President
[02:17:11] Trump's efforts to make the world a more
[02:17:13] peaceful place. And that that's the
[02:17:15] ultimate goal here is is peace.
[02:17:17] President Trump is not a conqueror. He
[02:17:19] is not a wararmonger. He took this
[02:17:21] because he believes it's necessary to
[02:17:22] prevent nuclear proliferation and
[02:17:24] protect America. We hope that he is
[02:17:28] correct. Uh Saggy, thank you for $30. Uh
[02:17:31] with no message, Edward, $10. I don't
[02:17:34] know if some this has been asked
[02:17:35] already, but uh what has been going on
[02:17:38] with Candace? I love listening to her,
[02:17:39] but seems she has gone, he says, off the
[02:17:42] deep end. She has her own opinions.
[02:17:44] Candace is a great friend, and I won't
[02:17:46] say anything negative about her. Uh
[02:17:48] Jennifer, $20. Uh, as a Jewish person, I
[02:17:51] am thankful for President Trump, uh, for
[02:17:53] the freedom of the Iranian people and
[02:17:55] the long-term safety of the US and the
[02:17:57] world and for Israel's survival. God
[02:17:59] bless the USA. Uh, duh. Kyle, $10 says,
[02:18:06] "Represent the October birthdays."
[02:18:08] You're an October birthday, right? I am.
[02:18:10] That's right. Uh, been following your
[02:18:12] work, Charlie, for several months. Thank
[02:18:13] you for helping save this country. Thank
[02:18:14] you, Kyle. Uh, we got Charles. We have
[02:18:18] uh Joe Spanella $5. I regret my vote.
[02:18:21] Voted Trump 16204.
[02:18:24] Let me just pause. We're almost done.
[02:18:26] Well, no. I want to pause. Be careful
[02:18:27] with that statement. Who is his what's
[02:18:28] his name? Uh Joe. Joe. Because if all of
[02:18:30] a sudden the economy is booming in in
[02:18:32] December and we're getting spending cuts
[02:18:34] and the border secure and we're on
[02:18:35] project 10 million, be careful just
[02:18:37] saying you regret it. If this is just
[02:18:39] might be one night you don't like, just
[02:18:41] be careful with such a statement like
[02:18:42] that. That's all I'm going to say. And
[02:18:44] then Donna says, "Charlie, you're
[02:18:46] awesome." Thank you. Woo! What a
[02:18:47] marathon. Well done, Blake. Thank you
[02:18:49] very much, everybody. We're very
[02:18:50] grateful. Let's get some final thoughts.
[02:18:52] Uh Jack, then Blake, let's go Blake.
[02:18:55] Jack, then I'll finish. Blake, final
[02:18:56] thoughts tonight to summarize this
[02:18:58] historic evening. Again, it's very easy
[02:19:00] to get amped up in emotions. Uh military
[02:19:02] adventures, they're exciting. We can
[02:19:05] admit that they're high emotion. This
[02:19:07] has been a debate that's been unfolding
[02:19:09] for years, really more than a decade.
[02:19:11] This has been going back and forth. It
[02:19:13] escalated a lot since 107 and it
[02:19:15] escalated a lot just in the last few
[02:19:17] weeks. There's high passions. The truth
[02:19:20] is we don't know what will happen yet.
[02:19:23] President Trump has intelligence we
[02:19:25] don't have access to.
[02:19:27] I think he's at least earned uh the
[02:19:30] benefit of the doubt for now because
[02:19:32] we've had military ventures before and
[02:19:34] they did not escalate beyond our
[02:19:36] control. We are hoping that will not be
[02:19:39] the case here either. Uh Jack, final
[02:19:42] thoughts, summarize the evening, please.
[02:19:44] Jack Bobic. Sure. And and and for folks
[02:19:47] looking to uh looking to get get my
[02:19:49] thoughts on anything else, 1776 at
[02:19:51] humanvents.com. 1776 at humanvents.com.
[02:19:54] We're going to be putting stuff out
[02:19:56] throughout the weekend on this. Probably
[02:19:58] be up tomorrow. But uh summarizing the
[02:20:00] evening, look, President Trump had
[02:20:02] signaled earlier in this week that
[02:20:04] strikes were on the table. He has
[02:20:06] signaled for decades that an end to the
[02:20:09] Iranian nuclear program was one of his
[02:20:13] key goals in running for office, even
[02:20:15] the very first time all the way back 10
[02:20:17] years ago this week. And President Trump
[02:20:20] though has been resolute on two things
[02:20:22] for that entire decade. One of them was
[02:20:24] the Iranian nuclear program. That's now
[02:20:27] been wiped out. Number two, illegal
[02:20:30] immigration. A lot of people are talking
[02:20:32] about the the fracture in the base right
[02:20:34] now, the division, the skepticism that
[02:20:37] some have. And as healthy as that is,
[02:20:40] the best way that I believe to go to
[02:20:44] move forward is to keep the promise on
[02:20:47] illegal immigration, the 30 plus that
[02:20:49] are here right now, 30 plus million,
[02:20:51] deport every last one of them, continue
[02:20:54] the ball moving. Charlie, you've
[02:20:56] mentioned the 10 million plan by 2026. I
[02:20:59] think that's a fantastic goal between
[02:21:01] self-deportations and the ICE raids. So,
[02:21:04] we want to see that going. We want to
[02:21:06] see absolutely that same type of
[02:21:08] movement. President Trump has been
[02:21:09] resolute on the Iran nuclear question
[02:21:11] and now it's time for President Trump
[02:21:13] and everyone to support his efforts on
[02:21:15] illegal immigration as well. It was a
[02:21:17] late Saturday night. I my Shabbat got
[02:21:19] interrupted, but for good reason.
[02:21:20] Everybody, couple final thoughts.
[02:21:22] President Trump has earned our trust and
[02:21:24] our support. Take a deep breath. If you
[02:21:25] don't like this, you might say something
[02:21:27] you regret. happens when you get too
[02:21:28] emotionally. And if you're out there
[02:21:29] celebrating on this is the greatest
[02:21:31] night ever. I also want to humble you.
[02:21:32] You don't know how this is going to turn
[02:21:34] out. President Trump acted with the
[02:21:36] intel in front of us. He's been
[02:21:37] consistent his entire life. And tonight,
[02:21:40] he acted on that consistency. Blake, you
[02:21:42] have one final thought here. Uh it's
[02:21:43] it's for you. You have to wish Michael
[02:21:45] Deoria a happy birthday and tell him to
[02:21:47] keep grinding. Happy birthday, Michael
[02:21:49] Deoria. And keep grinding.
[02:21:53] Stay measured in times like this. You
[02:21:54] take a deep breath. You look around. You
[02:21:57] touch some grass. You get off your phone
[02:21:59] if you get a little too emotional.
[02:22:01] President Donald Trump acts with
[02:22:03] phenomenal discretion and decisiveness
[02:22:06] and prudence.
[02:22:07] And we're going to see where this goes
[02:22:09] next. If you guys want one of these
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[02:22:27] Final thing I'll say is this is God
[02:22:28] bless our troops. There's a lot of
[02:22:31] skepticism of our military, but boy,
[02:22:33] they performed beautifully tonight.
[02:22:35] 37-hour trip from Missouri. That is top
[02:22:37] tier stuff. And so, keep our troops in
[02:22:40] your prayers right now because a lot of
[02:22:42] our troops are literally on military
[02:22:44] bases where they could be uh basically
[02:22:47] attacked by an Iranian ballistic
[02:22:49] missile. Thank you guys so much. I want
[02:22:52] to hear from you throughout the night.
[02:22:53] freedom charlark.com. We might stream
[02:22:56] tomorrow if Iran responds. We might be
[02:22:58] back in the chair. Uh, and I hope not. I
[02:23:01] hope I will see you Monday. So, in the
[02:23:03] meantime, subscribe to our podcast.
[02:23:04] Thank you to the studio team for
[02:23:06] dropping your Saturday plans and coming
[02:23:07] in. Means a lot. Uh, God bless you guys.
[02:23:10] God bless our troops. We'll see you
[02:23:12] soon.
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